HIGH-FLOWN


Meaning of HIGH-FLOWN in English

/huy"flohn"/ , adj.

1. extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.

2. pretentiously lofty; bombastic: We couldn't endure his high-flown oratory.

[ 1640-50 ]

Syn. 2. florid, flowery, magniloquent, grandiloquent.

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