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Highfaluting
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Highfaluting
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informal
pompous or pretentious
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Highfaluting
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Informal
ridiculously pretentious or pompous
: also sp. ˈhighfaˈlutingWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Highfaluting
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Informal
Informal
Pompous or pretentious: "highfalutin reasons for denying direct federal assistance to the unemployed" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
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