"high faluting" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more high faluting [comparative], most high faluting [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|head=high faluting}} high faluting (comparative more high faluting, superlative most high faluting)
  1. Alternative spelling of highfalutin. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: highfalutin
    Sense id: en-high_faluting-en-adj-HvX1lt7L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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