high-flown
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.82 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Red River Settlement is, to use a high-flown expression, an oasis in the desert, and may be likened to a spot upon the moon or a solitary ship upon the ocean. In plain English, it is an isolated settlement on the borders of one of the vast prairies of North America."
- "It seems to me he makes troubles, by expecting every one else to be as quixotic as himself. He is not likely to find high-flown notions among ordinary business men!"
Inflected Forms
more high-flown (comparative)
most high-flown (superlative)