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What does high-flown mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word high-flown? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative
  2. lofty, extravagant, refined
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Whatever high-flown rhetoric comes from the president next week, the reality is clear-cut.
Setting aside the high-flown rhetoric of the age, the issues raised are with us still.
It was not the last time the high-flown menu prose promised one thing while the actual dish delivered another.
Anyone who has read the Bronte Sisters knows the kind of high-flown passion the Victorians held dear.
Unlike Kurtz, he sees civilization in practical terms rather than through high-flown rhetoric.
Both these groups tend to be highly suspicious of Mr Obama's high-flown rhetoric.

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