highfaluting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite affectedly genteel
    grandiose; highfalutin; la-di-da; hoity-toity; hifalutin.

WordNet

High`fa*lu"ting noun
Etymology
Perh. a corruption of highflighting.
Definitions
  1. High-flown, bombastic language. Written also hifalutin. Jocular, U. S. Lowell. also adjective, meaning pretentious

Webster 1913