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Fustian
Meaning
Noun
●
In Fabrics:
Originally, a
kind of
coarse
fabric
made from
cotton
and
flax
; now, a
kind of
coarse
twilled
cotton
, or
cotton
and
linen
,
stuff
with a
short
pile
and often
dyed
a
dull
colour
, which is
chiefly
prepared
for menswear.
●
In Fabrics:
A
class
of
fabric
including
corduroy
and velveteen.
●
In Fabrics:
Inflated,
pompous
, or
pretentious
speech
or
writing
;
bombast
; also (archaic),
incoherent
or
unintelligible
speech
or
writing
;
gibberish
, nonsense.
●
In Alcoholic beverages:
Chiefly in
rum
fustian
: a
hot
drink
made of
a
mixture
of
alcoholic
beverages
(as
beer
,
gin
, and
sherry
or
white wine
) with
egg yolk
,
lemon
, and spices.
Adj
●
Made
out of
fustian
(noun
sense
1).
●
In Communication & Fabrics:
Of a person, or their
speech
or
writing
: using
inflated
,
pompous
, or
pretentious
language;
bombastic
;
grandiloquent
; also (obsolete) using
incoherent
or
unintelligible
language.
●
Imaginary; invented.
●
Useless; worthless.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
fustian
English
fustian
Middle English (1100-1500)
fustaine
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
fustaneum
Latin
fustis
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Aureation
Grandiloquence
Magniloquence
Bombast
Fustian
Highfalutin
Verbose
Blah
Bombard Phrase
Purple Prose
Antonyms
Concise
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