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hifalutin

highfalutin \high`fa*lu"tin\, highfaluting \high`fa*lu"ting\, n. High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.]
--Lowell.

hifalutin

highfalutin \highfalutin\ highfaluting \highfaluting\ highfalutin' \highfalutin'\adj. Affectedly genteel; pretentious; haughty; snobbish. [Written also hifalutin.] [informal]

Syn: grandiose, hifalutin, hoity-toity, la-di-da.

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hifalutin

a. (alternative form of highfalutin English)

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hifalutin

adj. affectedly genteel [syn: grandiose, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da]

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