See Also: high-flown(dictionary)
high-flown(dictionary)
jilt(2)(dictionary)
jilt(1)(dictionary)
jilt(dictionary)
jilt(medicine)
flown(2)(dictionary)
flown(1)(dictionary)
flown(dictionary)
high-up(dictionary)

jilt(2) (iou) and high-flown (iou)


jilt(2) (iou)



jilt verb trans. M17.
[Origin unkn.]
Deceive, cheat, trick, break faith with. Long rare (as transf. use of 2). M17.
Thackeray But Fortune shook her swift wings and jilted him too.
Abruptly reject or abandon (a lover, fiance, etc.); be faithless to. L17.
J. C. Powys The youthful Vicar..had jilted her to marry a maid-servant.

high-flown (iou)



high-flown adjective. M17.
[Orig. from HIGH adverb + FLOWN ppl adjective2; later assoc. with FLOWN ppl adjective1.]
Of language, style, etc.: extravagant, bombastic. M17.
M. Meyer This powerful melodrama, written in high-flown prose. Guardian Many were irritated by the high-flown claims being made.
Extreme in opinion. L17-E18.