Word of the Day – Highfalutin

Highfalutin (adj)

hi-fal-oo-tin

seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious.

First recorded in 1830–40; high + falutin (perhaps originally flutin, variant of fluting, present participle of flute )

Example sentences

“He’s been highfalutin round the place, thinking he’s in charge.”