high-flown

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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-flown}, {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"; "a grand
       purpose" [syn: {exalted}, {elevated}, {sublime}, {grand},
       {high-flown}, {high-minded}, {lofty}, {rarefied}, {rarified},
       {idealistic}, {noble-minded}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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