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adjective
Pompous or pretentious.
Affectedly genteel; pretentious; haughty; snobbish.
Similar: grandiosehifalutinhoity-toityla-di-da
Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical; tending to show off or hold oneself in unduly high regard.
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highfalutin /hī″fə-loo͞t′n/
adjective Pompous or pretentious. Affectedly genteel; pretentious; haughty; snobbish. Similar: grandiosehifalutinhoity-toityla-di-da Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical; tending to show off or hold oneself in unduly high regard. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition •