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High-flown

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Adjective
  1. 1
    pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative

    "Red River Settlement is, to use a high-flown expression, an oasis in the desert, and may be likened to a spot upon the moon or a solitary ship upon the ocean. In plain English, it is an isolated settlement on the borders of one of the vast prairies of North America."

  2. 2
    lofty, extravagant, refined

    "It seems to me he makes troubles, by expecting every one else to be as quixotic as himself. He is not likely to find high-flown notions among ordinary business men!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style wordnet
  2. 2
    pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals) wordnet

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