'Hifalutin' definitions:

Definition of 'hifalutin'

From: WordNet
adjective
Affectedly genteel [syn: grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da]

Definition of 'Hifalutin'

From: GCIDE
  • Hifalutin \Hi`fa*lu"tin\, n. See Highfaluting. [1913 Webster] hifi

Definition of 'hifalutin'

From: GCIDE
  • highfalutin \highfalutin\ highfaluting \highfaluting\ highfalutin' \highfalutin'\adj. Affectedly genteel; pretentious; haughty; snobbish. [Written also hifalutin.] [informal]
  • Syn: grandiose, hifalutin, hoity-toity, la-di-da. [WordNet 1.5] highfalutin

Definition of 'hifalutin'

From: GCIDE
  • highfalutin \high`fa*lu"tin\, highfaluting \high`fa*lu"ting\, n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High-flown, bombastic language. [Written also hifalutin.] [Jocular, U. S.] --Lowell. [1913 Webster]