fastuous

[fas-choo-uhs]

adjective

1. haughty; arrogant.

2. showy; ostentatious.

Other Word Forms

• fastuously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of fastuous¹

1630–40; < Latin fastuōsus, equivalent to fastu ( s ) haughtiness, arrogance ( fastidious ) + -ōsus -ous

Example Sentences

If he chooses, he can be a mere figurehead, living his fastuous life in the Elys�e Palace, receiving foreign envoys, rubber-stamping appointments.

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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.

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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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