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hifaluting

hifaluting is the alternative spelling of highfalutin.

Meaning of highfalutin

Adjective

highfalutin (comparative more highfalutin, superlative most highfalutin)

  1. (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
    • It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.

See all 2 meanings of highfalutin

Forms of hifaluting

comparativemore hifaluting
superlativemost hifaluting

Questions about hifaluting

What is hifaluting the alternative spelling of?
Hifaluting is the alternative spelling of highfalutin.

Words near hifaluting in the dictionary

  1. Hiett
  2. Hietts
  3. HIF
  4. hifalutin
  5. hifalutin'
  6. hifaluting
  7. hiff
  8. hiffed
  9. hiffing
  10. hiffs
  11. hifi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hifaluting (page history and authors); highfalutin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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