FUSTIAN

fustian

(noun) a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap

bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah

(noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

fustian (usually uncountable, plural fustians)

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.

(archaic) A drink made of white wine with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.

Anagrams

• Faustin, faunist, fiaunts, infaust

Source: Wiktionary

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Fus"tian, n. Etym: [OE. fustan, fustian, OF. fustaine, F. futaine, It. fustagno, fr. LL. fustaneum, fustanum; cf. Pr. fustani, Sp. fustan. So called from Fustat, i. e., Cairo, where it was made.]

1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

2. An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high- sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast. Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian. Addison.

Fus"tian, a.

1. Made of fustian.

2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history. Walpole.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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