About The Word Fustian
Learn about the word Fustian to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Fustian definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Fustian
Fustian Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Fustian?
[n] a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
[n] pompous or pretentious talk or writing Synonyms | Synonyms for Fustian: blah | bombast | claptrap | rant Related Terms | Find terms related to Fustian: absurdity | amphigory | babble | babblement | balderdash | bibble-babble | blabber | blather | bombast | bombastic | bombastry | claptrap | double-talk | drivel | drool | fiddledeedee | fiddle-faddle | flatulent | flummery | folderol | fudge | gabble | galimatias | gammon | gassy | gibber | gibberish | gibble-gabble | gobbledygook | good-for-nothing | highfalutin | hocus-pocus | hot air | humbug | inflated | jabber | jargon | meaningless | mouthy | mumbo jumbo | narrishkeit | niaiserie | nonsense | pack of nonsense | palaver | prate | prattle | purposeless | rant | rigamarole | rigmarole | rodomontade | rubbish | skimble-skamble | stuff and nonsense | stultiloquence | swollen | trash | trumpery | tumescent | tumid | turgescent | turgid | twaddle | twattle | twiddle-twaddle | unpurposed | useless | vaporing | waffling | windy | worthless See Also | cloth | fabric | grandiloquence | grandiosity | magniloquence | material | rhetoric | textile Fustian In Webster's Dictionary \Fus"tian\, n. [OE. fustan, fustian, OF. fustaine, F.
futaine, It. fustagno, fr. LL. fustaneum, fustanum; cf. Pr.
fustani, Sp. fustan. So called from Fust[=a]t, i. e., Cairo,
where it was made.]
1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff,
including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
2. An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which
high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the
thoughts or subject; bombast.
Claudius . . . has run his description into the most
wretched fustian. --Addison.
\Fus"tian\, a. 1. Made of fustian. 2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history. --Walpole. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Frontal cortex ‐ the cortex of the…
- Sadi carnot ‐ French physicist who founded thermodynamics…
- Vomit ‐ the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through…
- Anaplasmosis ‐ a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar…
- Caught up(p) ‐ having become involved involuntarily; "caught up in the excitement…
- Vanilla ice cream ‐ Ice cream flavored with…
- Monopolise ‐ have or exploit a monopoly of; "OPEC wants to monopolize oil"…
- Golden-crested kinglet ‐ European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow…
- Fuchsia excorticata ‐ erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon-flushed…
- Family teredinidae ‐ shipworms