Definition of "highfalutin" in English

adjective

1. (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.

   • It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.
   • That one Cajun that moved to Austin is too highfalutin to come back to Livingston Parish. He's over there with that mean bread lady!
   • His speech was very highfalutin.

noun

1. (archaic) Pompous speech or writing.