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High-low

High-flown

High´-flown`
a.1.Elevated; proud.
2.Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language.
Adj.1.high-flown - 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"
2.high-flown - 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"
colloquialism, high-sounding, inflated, pretentious

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