HIGH-FLOWN

• (adj.) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

  "an exalted ideal", "argue in terms of high-flown ideals", "a noble and lofty concept", "a grand purpose"

  synonyms : elevated , exalted , grand , high-minded , idealistic , lofty , noble-minded , rarefied , rarified , sublime

  Their talk- patterns range between the rarefied accents and outlandish orthography -added by bugmenot

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : high-sounding , inflated

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