Definition of "highfalutin" []

• Informal Pompous or pretentious: "highfalutin reasons for denying direct federal assistance to the unemployed” ( Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.) (adjective)

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• "P.S. – "highfalutin" is my safe word with Mistress Jim."
• ""'Character' is almost too highfalutin a word sometimes," coach Gregg Popovich says."
• "It hardly seems right to watch the Super Bowl while eating the kind of highfalutin fare that excites Michelin-starred chefs."