highfalutin
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Is highfalutin a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of highfalutin?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.Examples: "It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery."; "That one Cajun that moved to Austin is too highfalutin to come back to Livingston Parish. He's over there with that mean bread lady!"; "His speech was very highfalutin."Synonyms: bombast, hoity-toity, pretentiousUSinformal
noun (English)
1. (archaic) Pompous speech or writing.Examples: "Don't write so much highfalutin next time."; ""We will, we will," shouted the Puddin'-owners; but the Puddin' said sourly: "This is all very well, all this high falutin'.""archaicuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary