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highfalutin; hifalutin
adjective
absurdly pompous, snobbish US, 1839
Probably an elaboration of “high-flown” or similar; “highfaluting” (the “g” is optional) was originally hyphenated which lends strength to this etymology. Yiddish hifelufelem (ostentatious, self-glorifying) is also possible.- [S]ome of his I.W.W. constituents would probably kick over the traces if they saw the highfalutin’ fillies he runs with in Washington. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, p. 87, 1951
- He wondered if they understood any of the high-falutin’ language therein[.] — Evan Hunter, The Blackboard Jungle, p. 86, 1954
- Her old man was one of those highfalutin Nigger doctors. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 102, 1969
- Food at Pont is not quite as hifalutin as that other Conran fave, Bibendum. — ES Magazine, p. 43, 22 June 2001
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