fastuous
Americanadjective
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haughty; arrogant.
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showy; ostentatious.
Other Word Forms
- fastuously adverb
Etymology
Origin of fastuous
1630–40; < Latin fastuōsus, equivalent to fastu ( s ) haughtiness, arrogance ( fastidious ) + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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If he chooses, he can be a mere figurehead, living his fastuous life in the Elys�e Palace, receiving foreign envoys, rubber-stamping appointments.
From Time Magazine Archive
The King of Saxony had paid a visit to Brussels in the late autumn of 1914 and had invited this Colonel of his Army to a fastuous banquet given at the Palace Hotel.
From Project Gutenberg
Unfortunately air-raids were now becoming events of occasional fright and anxiety in London, and this deterred Cousin Sophie from Darlington, Cousin Matty from Leeds, Joseph's wife from Northallerton or old, married schoolfellows from other northern or midland towns coming to partake of her fastuous hospitality.
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