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highfalutin

/ˌhʌɪfəˈluːtɪn

(also hifalutin, highfaluting /ˌhʌɪfəˈluːtɪŋ/)

adjective informal

(Especially of speech, writing, or ideas) pompous or pretentious: you don’t want any highfalutin jargon...

This may lead to a greater unwillingness among people in EU nations to listen to the highfaluting ideas of their leaders.
They persuasively argue that in all the generalized and sometimes highfalutin talk about globalization, the central role that women play in the massive migrations that define and sustain the new economy has been ignored.
It's kinda less highfalutin than the books I've just finished.

Synonyms

pretentious, affected, high-sounding, high-flown, lofty, grandiose, magniloquent grandiloquent, ornate, florid, flowery, overblown, overdone, overripe, overwrought, verbose, inflated, rhetorical, oratorical, turgid;

pompous, bombastic, declamatory, sonorous, portentous, pedantic, boastful, boasting, bragging

informal windy, purple, la-di-da, fancy-pants, hoity-toity

British informal poncey, posh

rare fustian, euphuistic, orotund, tumid

Origin

Mid 19th century (originally US): perhaps from high + fluting (present participle of flute).

单词	highfalutin
释义	highfalutin /ˌhʌɪfəˈluːtɪn / (also hifalutin, highfaluting /ˌhʌɪfəˈluːtɪŋ/) adjective informal (Especially of speech, writing, or ideas) pompous or pretentious: you don’t want any highfalutin jargon... This may lead to a greater unwillingness among people in EU nations to listen to the highfaluting ideas of their leaders. They persuasively argue that in all the generalized and sometimes highfalutin talk about globalization, the central role that women play in the massive migrations that define and sustain the new economy has been ignored. It's kinda less highfalutin than the books I've just finished. Synonyms pretentious, affected, high-sounding, high-flown, lofty, grandiose, magniloquent grandiloquent, ornate, florid, flowery, overblown, overdone, overripe, overwrought, verbose, inflated, rhetorical, oratorical, turgid; pompous, bombastic, declamatory, sonorous, portentous, pedantic, boastful, boasting, bragging informal windy, purple, la-di-da, fancy-pants, hoity-toity British informal poncey, posh rare fustian, euphuistic, orotund, tumid Origin Mid 19th century (originally US): perhaps from high + fluting (present participle of flute). Rhymes gluten, Rasputin
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