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Webster 1913 Edition
Fustian
Fus′tian
(fŭs′chan; 106)
, Noun.
[OE.
fustan
, fustian
, OF. fustaine
, F. futaine
, It. fustagno
, fr. LL. fustaneum
, fustanum
; cf. Pr. fustani
, Sp. fustan
. So called from Fustāt
, 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
,Adj.
1.
Made of fustian.
2.
Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic;
as,
. fustian
historyWalpole.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fustian
FUS'TIAN
, n.1.
A kind of cotton stuff, or stuff of cotton and linen.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; a swelling style; bombast. Fustian is thoughts and words ill sorted.
FUS'TIAN
,Adj.
1.
In style, swelling above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; too pompous; ridiculously tumid; bombastic.