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 ( cf. 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 Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir
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