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1. • • trying to seem very important or serious, but without having a good reason for doing so and looking silly as a result
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   What does highfalutin mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! HIGHFALUTIN definition: 1. trying to seem very important or serious, but without having a good reason for doing so and…. Learn more.

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   What is highfalutin & Hoity-Toit y & La-Di-Da?

   • Let’s take a look at the wonderful highfalutin, hoity-toit y, and la-di-da! Highfalutin, meaning “pretentious” or “artificially elevated in style,” was first used in the early 19th century. It was primarily spoken slang, and when people wrote it down, they had to sound it out. Even today we can’t agree on how to spell it.

   Where did ‘highfalutin,’ ‘hoity-toity,’ and ‘la-di-da’ come from

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   What are some sat-level words to describe a highfalutin?

   • Let’s take a look at the wonderful highfalutin, hoity-toity, and la-di-da! There are plenty of SAT-level words to describe someone who persistently quotes “Paradise Lost” and likes to open the top of his or her Maserati convertible in the school pickup line. Pretentious, ostentatious, pompous, vainglorious, or grandiose might come to mind.

   Where did ‘highfalutin,’ ‘hoity-toity,’ and ‘la-di-da’ come from

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   Where did highfalutin come from?

   • OED's earliest evidence for highfalutin is from 1839, in the Spirit of the Times: a chronicle of the turf, agriculture, field sports, literature and the stage. highfalutin is perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: high adv., fluting adj., high-flying adj., high-flown adj.

   highfalutin, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English

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   How do you describe a highfalutin cousin?

   • Accessed 21 Oct. 2024. loading examples... Someone who's highfalutin thinks they're much fancier than other people. Your highfalutin cousin likes to sound impressive by using words like perspicacious and abnegation, though she doesn't really know what they mean.

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   Why are steamboats called 'highfalutin'?

   • British broadcaster Melvyn Bragg argues creatively, but probably wrongly, that it embodies the class divisions found on 19th-century American steamboats: “On board the bigger boats the richer travellers were called ‘highfalutin’ because of the high fluted smokestacks that carried the soot and cinders well away from the passengers.”

   Where did ‘highfalutin,’ ‘hoity-toity,’ and ‘la-di-da’ come from

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   Sep 26, 2019 · Highfalutin, meaning “pretentious” or “artificially elevated in style,” was first used in the early 19th century. It was primarily spoken slang, and when people wrote it down, they had to ...

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   There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word highfalutin. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English.

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   'Highfalutin'' (also 'high faluting') has the meaning of 'pretentious' or 'pompous' - and can be used as an adjective for people or ideas, theories etc. It's documented as having been in use in the mid 1800s.

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   HIGHFALUTIN definition: 1. trying to seem very important or serious, but without having a good reason for doing so and…. Learn more.

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   4 days ago · highfalutin. Someone who's highfalutin thinks they're much fancier than other people. Your highfalutin cousin likes to sound impressive by using words like perspicacious and abnegation, though she doesn't really know what they mean.

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   Jul 1, 2012 · 1. : pretentious, fancy. highfalutin people. 2. : expressed in or marked by the use of language that is elaborated or heightened by artificial or empty means : pompous. giving a highfalutin speech.

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   Oct 28, 2021 · (= pretentious, pompous) has been the standard spelling since the mid-19th century, as opposed to highfaluting, highfalutin’, or