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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.

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

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.

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