释义
highfalutin or high·fa·lu·tin', hi·fa·lu·tin, hi·fa·lu·tin' [ hahy-fuh -loot -n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌhaɪ fəˈlut n / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective Informal . seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious.
Also
high·fa·lu·ting [hahy-fuh -loo -ting, hahy-fuh -loot -n] /ˌhaɪ fəˈlu tɪŋ, ˌhaɪ fəˈlut n/ .
Origin of highfalutin First recorded in 1830–40; high + falutin (perhaps originally flutin, variant of fluting, present participle of flute)
Words nearby highfalutin higher-up, highest common factor, highest intercostal vein, Highet, high explosive, highfalutin , high fashion, high fidelity, high finance, high-five, highflier
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Example sentences from the Web for highfalutin Initially, we're meant to identify with Hart, who objects whenever Cohle's highfalutin Satre-isms get out of hand.
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He hated anything that was highfalutin , and he had a BS detector—his phrase again—that was unmatched in the business.
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That phrase is maybe too highfalutin , but it's too famous to dispense with.
What Comes After the Tea Party? | David Frum| February 21, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Beyond Human Nature succeeds by delivering serious arguments that challenge the reader without seeming dense or highfalutin .
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Housed near the Uffizi Gallery, in one of the most culturally rich cities in the world, the museum has some highfalutin neighbors.
Night at the Gucci Museum | Robin Givhan| September 27, 2011| DAILY BEAST
I felt a chill go over me—the whole business was tricky, stagy; of a piece with the highfalutin talk.
Plain Mary Smith | Henry Wallace Phillips
There was going to be no shilly-shallying, no highfalutin theorizings.
"You're not going to cement it by a tariff or a highfalutin ' proclamation," he answered.
Sonia Between two Worlds | Stephen McKenna
The first appears in a Senate debate of 1841; highfalutin in a political speech of the same decade.
The American Language | Henry L. Mencken
I couldn't stand for your highfalutin excuses for being—well, never mind—we all get our off days.
The Sturdy Oak | Samuel Merwin, et al.
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British Dictionary definitions for highfalutin highfalutin hifalutin highfaluting
adjective informal pompous or pretentious
Word Origin for highfalutin C19: from high + -falutin, perhaps variant of fluting, from flute
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Words related to highfalutin arrogant, boastful, conceited, flaunting, grandiose, high and mighty, important, lofty, ostentatious, overbearing, presumptuous, pretentious, puffy, self-centered, stuck-up, swanky, uppity, vain, puffed up