highfalutin, highfaluting [брит. ˌhʌɪfəˈluːtɪn, америк. ˌhaɪfəˈlutn] ПРИЛ. разг.
- highfalutin language, speech
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- highfalutin ways, ideas
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If that sounds too highfalutin, let me put it another way.
jamaica-gleaner.com It began with very highfalutin intellectual and cultural ambitions, without much of a popular touch.
www.vanityfair.com He makes no bones about being driven by money, rather than any highfalutin notions of culture or art.
metro.co.uk If you try to defend old-school thinking, you can't rely on highfalutin concepts like evidence and performance.
www.moneysense.ca When you're a highfalutin fashion figure who dresses in head-to-toe designer, however, one would assume such a situation wouldn't be an issue.
www.independent.ie