- highfalutin， -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．
English-Japanese dictionary. 2013.
highfalutin， -tin'
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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 [ˌhaıfəˈlu:tın US tn] adj informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: high + falutin, perhaps from fluting making a high sound (as if) on the flute ] highfalutin language or behaviour seems silly although it is intended to be impressive… … Dictionary of contemporary English
highfalutin — high|fa|lu|tin [ ,haıfə lutn ] adjective INFORMAL used for describing people, language, or ideas that sound very educated and difficult to understand. This word shows that you dislike people and things like this … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
highfalutin — high·fa·lu·tin … English syllables
highfalutin — high•fa•lu•tin [[t]ˌhaɪ fəˈlut n[/t]] also high•fa•lu•ting [[t] ˈlu tɪŋ, ˈlut n[/t]] adj. Informal. inf pompous; haughty; pretentious • Etymology: 1830–40; high+falutin (perh. orig. flutin, var. of fluting, prp. of flute) … From formal English to slang
hi|fa|lu|tin — «HY fuh LOO tuhn», adjective, noun. = highfalutin. (Cf. ↑highfalutin) … Useful english dictionary
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
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 or hi•fa•lu•tin [[t]ˌhaɪ fəˈlut n[/t]] adj. highfalutin … From formal English to slang
affected — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Johnsonian, Marinistic, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, afflicted, agonized, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, attacked, awkward, bastard, bedizened, big sounding, bogus, brummagem, canting, chichi,… … Moby Thesaurus
