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HIGHFALUTIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does highfalutin mean?
• HIGHFALUTIN (adjective)
The adjective HIGHFALUTIN has 1 sense:
1. affectedly genteel
Familiarity information: HIGHFALUTIN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affectedly genteel
Synonyms:
grandiose; hifalutin; highfalutin; highfaluting; hoity-toity; la-di-da
Similar:
pretentious (making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction)
Context examples
"But, say, Mart," after a long pause, "how did it end? Did that young man who spoke so highfalutin' get her?"
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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