"highfalutin" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/ [US], /ˈhaɪ.fəˌlu.tɪn/ [US] Audio: en-us-highfalutin.ogg , en-au-highfalutin.ogg Forms: more highfalutin [comparative], most highfalutin [superlative]
Etymology: Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times. Head templates: {{en-adj}} highfalutin (comparative more highfalutin, superlative most highfalutin)
  1. (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical. Tags: US, informal Synonyms: bombast, hoity-toity, pretentious Related terms: fancy, ooh la la Translations ((informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical): надут (nadut) (Bulgarian), превзет (prevzet) (Bulgarian), hoogdravend (Dutch), arrogant (Dutch), pöyhkeilevä (Finnish), arrogant (German), anmaßend (German), hochfahrend (German), hochtrabend (German), hochgestochen (German), dagályos (Hungarian), nagyhangú (Hungarian), høyttravende (Norwegian Bokmål), pompøs (Norwegian Bokmål), ą-ę (Polish), pretensjonalny (Polish), metido (Portuguese), pompos (Romanian), напы́щенный (napýščennyj) [masculine] (Russian), nadut [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), napuhan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), naduven [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pomposo (Spanish), creído (Spanish), högtravande (Swedish), pompös (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/ [US], /ˈhaɪ.fəˌlu.tɪn/ [US] Audio: en-us-highfalutin.ogg , en-au-highfalutin.ogg
Etymology: Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} highfalutin (uncountable)
  1. (archaic) Pompous speech or writing. Tags: archaic, uncountable Derived forms: highfalutination, highfalutinism, high falution
    Sense id: en-highfalutin-en-noun-ubuedvBH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Alternative forms

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    {
      "word": "hifalutin"
    },
    {
      "word": "hifalutin'"
    },
    {
      "word": "hifaluting"
    },
    {
      "word": "highfalutin'"
    },
    {
      "word": "highfaluting"
    },
    {
      "word": "high-falutin"
    },
    {
      "word": "high-falutin'"
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    {
      "word": "high-faluting"
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    {
      "word": "high falutin"
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    {
      "word": "high falutin'"
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      "word": "high faluting"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nadut",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "надут"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prevzet",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "превзет"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "hoogdravend"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "arrogant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "pöyhkeilevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "arrogant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "anmaßend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "hochfahrend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "hochtrabend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "hochgestochen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "dagályos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "nagyhangú"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "høyttravende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "pompøs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "ą-ę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "pretensjonalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "metido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "pompos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "napýščennyj",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напы́щенный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nadut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "napuhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naduven"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "pomposo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "creído"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "högtravande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(informal) self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical",
      "word": "pompös"
    }
  ],
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    "Spirit of the Times"
  ],
  "word": "highfalutin"
}

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    {
      "word": "highfalutination"
    },
    {
      "word": "highfalutinism"
    },
    {
      "word": "high falution"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1865, Benn Pitman, The Assassination of President Lincoln: And the Trial of the Conspirators, page 43",
          "text": "Don't write so much highfalutin next time.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 169",
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      "word": "hifalutin"
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      "word": "hifalutin'"
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      "word": "hifaluting"
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      "word": "highfalutin'"
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      "word": "highfaluting"
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      "word": "high-falutin'"
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      "word": "high faluting"
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