highfalutin[adjective]Synonyms: rhetorical, aureate, bombastic, declamatory, florid, flowery, high-flown, magniloquent, oratorical, pompous
[noun]Synonyms: bombast, fustian, rant, rhapsody, rhetoric, rodomontade
Contrasted words: down-to-earth, matter-of-fact
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high‧fa‧lu‧tin /ˌhaɪfəˈluːtən◂, ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn◂ $ -tn◂/
adjective informal[
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: high + falutin, perhaps from fluting 'making a high sound (as if) on the flute']
highfalutin language or behaviour seems silly although it is intended to be impressive – used to show disapproval
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