högtravande

== Swedish == === Etymology === Calque of German hochtrabend, equivalent to hög (“high”) +‎ travande (“trotting”). Originally about horses soring. === Adjective === högtravande (comparative mer högtravande, superlative mest högtravande) pompous, high-flown, grandiloquent, high-sounding ==== Usage notes ==== "High-trotting" (the literal meaning) should provide intuition. === References === “högtravande”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “högtravande”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “högtravande”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)