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highfaluting

highfaluting 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 highfaluting

comparativemore highfaluting
superlativemost highfaluting

Questions about highfaluting

What is highfaluting the alternative spelling of?
Highfaluting is the alternative spelling of highfalutin.

Words near highfaluting in the dictionary

  1. Highett
  2. highfalooting
  3. highfalutin
  4. highfalutin'
  5. highfalutination
  6. highfaluting
  7. highfalutinism
  8. highfather
  9. highfathers
  10. Highfield
  11. Highfields

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