Associations to the word «Highfalutin»
Wiktionary
HIGHFALUTIN, adjective. (US) (informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical; tending to show off or hold oneself in unduly high regard.
Dictionary definition
HIGHFALUTIN, adjective. Affectedly genteel.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.