3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: highfalutin \highfalutin\ highfaluting \highfaluting\ highfalutin' \highfalutin'\adj. Affectedly genteel; pretentious; haughty; snobbish. [Written also {hifalutin}.] [informal] Syn: grandiose, hifalutin, hoity-toity, la-di-da. [WordNet 1.5] highfalutin From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: highfalutin \high`fa*lu"tin\, highfaluting \high`fa*lu"ting\, n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also {hifalutin}.] [Jocular, U. S.] --Lowell. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: highfaluting adj : affectedly genteel [syn: {grandiose}, {hifalutin}, {highfalutin}, {hoity-toity}, {la-di-da}]
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