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highfalutin
Highfalutin (adj) means behaving as if you are more important than you really are; pompous.
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Behaving as if you are more important than you really are; pompous.
"His speech was very highfalutin."
"That one Cajun that moved to Austin is too highfalutin to come back to Livingston Parish. He's over there with that mean bread lady!"
"It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery."
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Etymology
Possibly an alteration of high-fluting, though another theory links it to high-flighting/-flying. It is first recorded around 1839, in the Spirit of the Times.
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What is the meaning of highfalutin?
"highfalutin" (adj) means behaving as if you are more important than you really are; pompous.
What is another word for highfalutin?
Other words for "highfalutin" include grandiose, hifalutin, highfaluting.
What is the opposite of highfalutin?
The opposite of "highfalutin" is modest.
