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high falutin

high falutin is the alternative form 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 falutin

comparativemore high falutin
superlativemost high falutin

Questions about high falutin

What is high falutin the alternative form of?
High falutin is the alternative form of highfalutin.

Words near high falutin in the dictionary

  1. high entropy alloys
  2. high explosive
  3. high explosives
  4. high fade
  5. High Falls
  6. high falutin
  7. high falutin'
  8. high faluting
  9. high falution
  10. high fantasies
  11. high fantasy

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