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.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
