high-flown

adj 1: (informal) pretentious; "high-flown talk of preserving the

moral tone of the school"; "a high-flying dissertation

on the means to attain social revolution" [syn: {high-flying},

{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" [syn:

{exalted}, {high-minded}, {lofty}, {rarefied}, {rarified},

{idealistic}, {noble-minded}]