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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fustian \Fus"tian\, a. 1. Made of fustian. 2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as fustian history. --Walpole. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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
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