词汇 | highfalutin |
释义 | highfalutin ⇨ highfalutin; hifalutinadjective absurdly pompous, snobbish. Probably an elaboration of 'high-flown' or similar; 'highfaluting' (the 'g' is optional) was originally hyphenated which lends strength to this etymology. Yiddish hifelufelem (ostentatious, self-glorifying) is also possible US, 1839 |
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