adj
highfalutin
Highfalutin (adj) means Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
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Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
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Etymology
Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times.
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"highfalutin" (adj) means self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.