highfaluting, -tin'

highfaluting, -tin'
/hàifəlúːtn, -tiŋ│-tin, -tiŋ/ 〖形〗((略式))気どった, もったいぶった(showy); おおげさな, 誇張した.
〖名〗〖U〗 おおげさな言葉.

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  • highfaluting — highfalutin high fa*lu tin, highfaluting high fa*lu ting, n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High flown, bombastic language. [Written also {hifalutin}.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hifalutin — Hi fa*lu tin, n. See {Highfaluting}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hifalutin — highfalutin high fa*lu tin, highfaluting high fa*lu ting, n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High flown, bombastic language. [Written also {hifalutin}.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • highfalutin — high fa*lu tin, highfaluting high fa*lu ting, n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High flown, bombastic language. [Written also {hifalutin}.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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