(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:09:24

High"-flown` (?), a.

1.

Elevated; proud.

"High-flown hopes."

Denham.

2.

Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language.

M. Arnold.

 

© Webster 1913.

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