(informal, disapproving) trying to be serious or important, but in a way that often appears silly and unnecessary
SYNPRETENTIOUS:
highfalutin language / ideas
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for highfalutin is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is highfalutin a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, highfalutin is tagged as adjective.
Does highfalutin appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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