different between highfalutin vs magnisonant

English

Alternative forms

• hifalutin, hifalutin', hifalutin’, hifaluting
• highfalutin', highfalutin’, highfaluting
• high-falutin, high-falutin', high-falutin’, high-faluting
• high falutin, high falutin', high falutin’, high faluting

Etymology

Possible alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ha?.f??lu.t?n/, /?ha?.f??lu.t?n/

Adjective

highfalutin (comparative more highfalutin, superlative most highfalutin)

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

   Synonyms: bombast, hoity-toity, pretentious

Translations

Noun

highfalutin (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Pompous speech or writing.

Further reading

• highfalutin at OneLook Dictionary Search
• highfalutin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Adjective

magnisonant (comparative more magnisonant, superlative most magnisonant)

1. (obsolete) highfalutin, pretentious

References

• magnisonant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• mangostanin