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Fustian - What does it mean?

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fustian

English

(wikipedia fustian)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff.
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  • A class of cloth including corduroy and velveteen.
  • Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech.
  • * Addison
    • Claudius has run his description into the most wretched fustian .
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    • Usage notes

    * Used in the sense of "pompous" since at least the time of . For this shift of meaning, compare bombast.

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    Not English

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