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high-blown

high-blown adjective: elevated (normally said of pride or conceit).

Adjective

high-blown (comparative more high-blown, superlative most high-blown)

  1. (archaic) elevated (normally said of pride or conceit)
    • But farre beyond my depth: my high-blowne Pride1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...
    • Nothing could less resemble the high blown ambition of the favourite courtier, the successful gallant, and the bold warrior than the submissive, unassuming mediciner, who seemed even to court and delight in insult1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], chapter XXII, in Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.]...

Forms of high-blown

comparativemore high-blown
superlativemost high-blown

Questions about high-blown

What does high-blown mean?
High-blown means elevated (normally said of pride or conceit).
What part of speech is high-blown?
High-blown is an adjective.

Words near high-blown in the dictionary

  1. high-backed
  2. high-beam
  3. high-beams
  4. high-binder
  5. high-binders
  6. high-blown
  7. high-boiling
  8. high-born
  9. high-budget
  10. high-calorie
  11. high-card

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