Define the word fustian"Fustian" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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[=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.
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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.
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Claudius . . . has run his description into the most
wretched
fustian. --Addison.
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"Fustian" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Fustian \Fus"tian\, a.
1. Made of fustian.
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2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as,
fustian history. --Walpole.
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"fustian" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
fustian
n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, rant,
claptrap, blah]
2: a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
"fustian" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "fustian":
absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash,
bibble-babble, blabber, blather, bombast, bombastic, bombastry,
claptrap, double-talk, drivel, drool, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee,
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
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