- Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly. - Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown. - Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank,
or wealth.
- One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of
language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of
Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and
high-flown diction.