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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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   When was highfalutin first used?

   • The earliest known use of the word highfalutin is in the 1830s. 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.

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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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   Should we be too highfalutin about development?

   • Surely the real object is not so highfalutin, but infinitely more practicable. We should not be too highfalutin about what constitutes development. They must not be disdainful of practical suggestions, which are more likely to do good to the country than some of the highfalutin discussions that we sometimes have.

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   Is beyond human nature too highfalutin?

   • That phrase is maybe too highfalutin, but it's too famous to dispense with. Beyond Human Nature succeeds by delivering serious arguments that challenge the reader without seeming dense or highfalutin. He's the only one of these fellows I've tackled who didn't tell me a lot of highfalutin rot they wanted put into the article.

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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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     HIGHFALUTIN meaning: 1. trying to seem very important or...

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     HIGHFALUTIN definicja: 1. trying to seem very important or...

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   • Highfalutin in Traditional Chinese

     highfalutin translate: 浮誇的；裝模作樣的. Learn more in the...

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     HIGHFALUTIN translate: 浮夸的;装模作样的. Learn more in the...

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     PRETENTIOUS definition: 1. trying to appear or sound more...

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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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   Highfalutin definition: seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious.. See examples of HIGHFALUTIN used in a sentence.

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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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   People sometimes use highfalutin to describe something that they think is being made to sound complicated or important in order to impress people. [informal, old-fashioned, disapproval] This isn't highfalutin art-about-art. It's marvellous and adventurous stuff.

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   4 days ago · 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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   hifalutin. Simplicity means directness and conciseness in telling the story as well as an avoidance of hifalutin phrases, obsolete words and involved sentences. From Project Gutenberg. Get help if you want—get some hifalutin detective, if that's the proper caper—but, get results. From Project Gutenberg.