HIGHFALUTIN


Meaning of HIGHFALUTIN in English

/huy'feuh looht"n/ , adj. Informal.

pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.

Also, highfalutin', hifalutin, hifalutin', highfaluting /huy'feuh looh"ting, -looht"n/ .

[ 1830-40; HIGH + falutin (perh. orig. flutin, var. of fluting, prp. of FLUTE) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .