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high-faluting

high-faluting 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.

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Forms of high-faluting

comparativemore high-faluting
superlativemost high-faluting

Questions about high-faluting

What is high-faluting the alternative spelling of?
High-faluting is the alternative spelling of highfalutin.

Words near high-faluting in the dictionary

  1. high-energy
  2. high-entropy alloy
  3. high-entropy alloys
  4. high-falutin
  5. high-falutin'
  6. high-faluting
  7. high-fat
  8. high-fed
  9. high-fiber
  10. high-finished
  11. high-finned dragonet

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