fustian
[ fuhs-chuhn ]
/ ˈfʌs tʃən /
noun
a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
a fabric of stout twilled cotton or of cotton and low-quality wool, with a short nap or pile.
inflated or turgid language in writing or speaking: Fustian can't disguise the author's meager plot.
adjective
made of fustian: a fustian coat; fustian bed linen.
pompous or bombastic, as language: fustian melodrama.
worthless; cheap: fustian knaves and dupes.
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Origin of fustian
1150–1200; Middle English <Old French fustaigne<Medieval Latin fūstāneum, perhaps a derivative of Latin fūstis stick, cudgel (Late Latin: trunk; cf. fusty), if a translation of Latin xylinus,Greek (Septuagint) xýlina lína cotton, literally, linen from wood; Fostat, a suburb of Cairo, has also been proposed as the source of fūstāneum
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British Dictionary definitions for fustian
fustian
/ (ˈfʌstɪən) /
noun
- a hard-wearing fabric of cotton mixed with flax or wool with a slight nap
- (as modifier)a fustian jacket
pompous or pretentious talk or writing
adjective
cheap; worthless
pompous; bombastic
Word Origin for fustian
C12: from Old French fustaigne, from Medieval Latin fustāneum, from Latin fustis cudgel
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