hifalutin

[hahy-fuh-loot-n] /ˌhaɪ fəˈlut n/
adjective
Also, hifalutin'.
British Dictionary definitions for hifalutin

hifalutin

/ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn/
adjective
1.
a variant spelling of highfalutin

highfalutin

/ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn/
adjective
1.
(informal) pompous or pretentious
Word Origin
C19: from high + -falutin, perhaps variant of fluting, from flute
Slang definitions & phrases for hifalutin

highfalutin

adjective

Overblown and pretentious; bombastic; stilted: take one with ideas less ''highfalutin' ''/ stilted, overstrained, and as the Americans would say, hifalutin

[1848+; origin unknown; originally a gerund, seemingly based on a verb high falute, suggesting a humorous alteration of flute; perhaps fr a blend of highflown with some other element; perhaps fr Dutch verlooten, ''stilted'']