Prolix vs Fustian - What's the difference?
prolix | fustian |
Tediously lengthy.
* 1843, "Bossi—Necrologia G. C. Leonardo Sismondi.", vol. LXXII, issue CXLIV,
Tending to use big or obscure words, which few understand.
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
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As an adjective prolix
is tediously lengthy.As a noun fustian is
a kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff.prolix
English
Adjective
(en adjective)p. 333,
- People who have blamed [Jean Charles LĂ©onard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy.
Synonyms
* (tediously lengthy) bombastic, long-winded, verbose, wordy * See alsoAntonyms
* (tediously lengthy) concise, tersefustian
English
(wikipedia fustian)Noun
(en-noun)- Claudius has run his description into the most wretched fustian .