highfalutin
highfalutin · more highfalutin · most highfalutin
Self-important, pompousSelf-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
US/ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/
Meaning
1 senses(US, informal)Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.
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!
arrogant, anmaßend, hochfahrend
напы́щенныйnapýščennyj
More definitions
- affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty
Translations
5 languagesРусский
(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical:
Deutsch
(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical:
Origin
Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flPossible 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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Forms
more highfalutin, most highfalutin| Comparative | more highfalutin Lesson |
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| Superlative | most highfalutin Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty:grandiosehifalutinhighfalutinghoity-toityla-di-da
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedfancyA2
Derivedhighfalutinism
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form