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Adjective: hifalutin  ,hI-fu'loo-t(u)n
Usage: informal
  1. Affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty
    "It might be a bit of an arty lifestyle, but it's not a hifalutin, fashionable life";
    - grandiose, highfalutin [informal], highfaluting [informal], hoity-toity [informal], la-di-da [informal], lah-di-dah [informal], la-de-da [informal]

See also: pretentious

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