Feeling intoxicated, I flaunt novel that's pretentious

I believe the answer is:

highfalutin

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'that's pretentious' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'feeling intoxicated i flaunt' is the wordplay.
'feeling' becomes 'high' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'intoxicated' is an anagram indicator.
'i'+'flaunt'='iflaunt'
'iflaunt' with letters rearranged gives 'falutin'.
'high'+'falutin'='HIGHFALUTIN''

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(Other definitions for highfalutin that I've seen before include "Pompously pretentious" , "Inflated" , "Pompous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.

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