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.”
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