grandiose vs highfalutin what difference
what is difference between grandiose and highfalutin
English
Etymology
From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandioso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/, /ˈɡɹæn.di.əʊs/
- Rhymes: -əʊs
Adjective
grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)
- Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
- Pompous or pretentious.
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- grandiose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- grandiose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- grandiose at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- angroside, diagnoser, dragonise, organdies, organised
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian grandioso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.djoz/
- Homophone: grandioses
- Rhymes: -oz
Adjective
grandiose (plural grandioses)
- grandiose
Related terms
- grand
Further reading
- “grandiose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Adjective
grandiose
- inflection of grandios:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
grandiose f pl
- feminine plural of grandioso
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
grandiose
- definite singular/plural of grandios
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
grandiose
- definite singular/plural of grandios
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): /ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɨn/, /ˈhaɪ.fəˌlu.tɨn/
Adjective
highfalutin (comparative more highfalutin, superlative most highfalutin)
- (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
- Synonyms: bombast, hoity-toity, pretentious
Translations
Noun
highfalutin (uncountable)
- (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.
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