Thesaurus: fustian

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1. n. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
2. n. 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.
3. a. Made of fustian.
4. a. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.
5. n. pompous or pretentious talk or writing
6. n. a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
7. 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. 1. Made of fustian. 2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history. Walpole.
8. n:100 n. a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap