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fustian

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUSTIAN

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.

 

FUSTIAN

a.Made of fustian. 1. In style, swelling above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; too pompous; ridiculously tumid; bombastic.

 

FUSTIANIST

n.One who writes bombast.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FUSTIAN

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.

 

FUSTIAN

FUSTIAN Fus "tian, a.

 

1. Made of fustian.

 

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

 

FUSTIANIST

FUSTIANIST Fus "tian *ist, n.

 

Defn: A writer of fustian. [R.] Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fustian

fus tian |ˈfəsCHən ˈfəstʃən | ▶noun 1 thick, durable twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colors. 2 pompous or pretentious speech or writing: a smoke screen of fustian and fantasy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French fustaigne, from medieval Latin fustaneum, from (pannus ) fustaneus ‘cloth from Fostat, ’ a suburb of Cairo; sense 2 perhaps from the fact that fustian was sometimes used to cover pillows and cushions, implying that the language was “padded ”; compare with bombast .

 

Oxford Dictionary

fustian

fustian |ˈfʌstɪən | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 thick, hard-wearing twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colours. 2 pompous or pretentious speech or writing: a smokescreen of fustian and fantasy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French fustaigne, from medieval Latin fustaneum, from ( pannus ) fustaneus ‘cloth from Fostat ’, a suburb of Cairo; sense 2 perhaps from the fact that fustian was sometimes used to cover pillows and cushions, implying that the language was ‘padded ’; compare with bombast .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fustian

fus tian /fʌ́stʃ (ə )n |-tiən /名詞 U 1 ファスチャン織り 〘コールテン風のあや織綿布 〙.2 ｟やや古 ｠おおげさな言葉 ; 〖形容詞的に 〗おおげさな .