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.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
