fustian

[Fus·tian]

A strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap

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A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

Noun
a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap

Noun
pompous or pretentious talk or writing


n.
A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

n.
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.

a.
Made of fustian.

a.
Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.


Fustian

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'bet, 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.

Fustian

Fus"tian, a. 1. Made of fustian. 2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history. Walpole.

A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

Made of fustian.

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Usage Examples

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

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