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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hifalutin \Hi`fa*lu"tin\, n. See {Highfaluting}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Highfaluting \High`fa*lu"ting\, n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also {hifalutin}.] [Jocular, U. S.] --Lowell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hifalutin adj : affectedly genteel [syn: {grandiose}, {highfalutin}, {highfaluting}, {hoity-toity}, {la-di-da}]
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