High-flown \High"-flown`\, a.
1. Elevated; proud. "High-flown hopes." --Denham.
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2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown
language. --M. Arnold.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
high-flown
adj 1: pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals);
"high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the
school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to
attain social revolution" [syn: high-sounding, inflated]
2: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or
style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown
ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept" [syn:
exalted, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified,
idealistic, noble-minded]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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