transcription, транскрипция: [ haɪfəlu:tɪn ]
People sometimes use highfalutin to describe something that they think is being made to sound complicated or important in order to impress people. ( INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED )
This isn’t highfalutin art-about-art. It’s marvellous and adventurous stuff.
= pretentious
ADJ [ disapproval ]