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Prolix vs Fustian - What's the difference?

prolix | fustian |

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)
  • Tediously lengthy.
  • * 1843, "Bossi—Necrologia G. C. Leonardo Sismondi.", vol. LXXII, issue CXLIV, 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.
  • Tending to use big or obscure words, which few understand.
  • Synonyms

    * (tediously lengthy) bombastic, long-winded, verbose, wordy * See also

    Antonyms

    * (tediously lengthy) concise, terse

    fustian

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff.
  • *
  • 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.

    See also

    * (l)