highfalutin
Pompous speech or writingPompous speech or writing.
US/ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, uncountable)Pompous speech or writing.
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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.