About The Word Highfaluting
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Highfaluting
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What's The Definition Of Highfaluting?
[adj] affectedly genteel
Synonyms | Synonyms for Highfaluting: grandiose | hifalutin | highfalutin | hoity-toity | la-di-da | pretentious Related Terms | Find terms related to Highfaluting: See Also | Highfaluting In Webster's Dictionary \High`fa*lu"ting\, n. [Perh. a corruption of
highflighting.]
High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also {hifalutin}.]
[Jocular, U. S.] --Lowell.
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