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High-flown, bombastic language.

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  1. n. High-flown, bombastic language.
  2. adj. affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty
  3. High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.
  4. High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.][Jocular, U. S.] Lowell.
  5. n. High-flown, bombastic language.