highfalutin

== English == === Alternative forms === hifalutin, hifalutin', hifaluting highfalutin', highfaluting high-falutin, high-falutin', high-faluting high falutin, high falutin', high faluting === Etymology === Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/, /ˈhaɪ.fəˌlu.tɪn/ === Adjective === highfalutin (comparative more highfalutin, superlative most highfalutin) (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical. Synonyms: bombast, hoity-toity, pretentious ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Noun === highfalutin (uncountable) (archaic) Pompous speech or writing. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “highfalutin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “highfalutin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.