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Falutions What does the word?
I'm reading The Satanic Verses of Salman Rushdie and there is a passage that uses the falutions world. I can not find meaning that anywhere. Here is the passage: This person had, however, no time for such "high falutions" was, in fact, faluting unable at all, having seen emerging from the swirling clouds, the figure of a glamorous woman of a certain age, wearing a brocade sari in green and gold with a diamond in the nose and lacquer defending her hair coiled high against wind pressure now, as she sat, equal, on a flying carpet. "The Rekha Merchant, "Gibreel greeted her." Any help in this regard would be appreciated. Thank you. I went to the dictionary, was not there. I think you're a fool ….. I …
Pretension, arrogance, taking oneself too seriously, [Origin unknown.] HL Mencken, in his famous book The American Language, mentions highfalutin as an example of U.S. natives many words coined during the 19th century period of vigorous growth. Although highfalutin speech is characteristic of popular American is not a true regionalism because it has always occurred in all regions of the country, with its use and popularity spurred by its appearance in the press. The origin of pompous, like Many popular expressions, is obscure. It has been suggested that the second element-falutin, comes from the verb, hence the alto flute fluting, a comical indictment of People who think too high of themselves. The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Cite This Source http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/highfalutin
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