What does "highfaluting" mean?
Highfaluting: High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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