Definitions for fustianˈfʌs tʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fus•tianˈfʌs tʃən(n.)

  1. a stout fabric of cotton and flax.

    Category: Textiles

  2. a fabric of stout twilled cotton or of cotton and low-quality wool, with a short nap or pile.

    Category: Textiles

  3. inflated or turgid language in writing or speaking.

  4. (adj.)made of fustian.

  5. pompous or bombastic, as language.

Origin of fustian:

1150–1200; ME < OF fustaigne < ML fūstāneum

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah(noun)

    pompous or pretentious talk or writing

  2. fustian(noun)

    a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap

Wiktionary

  1. fustian(Noun)

    A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff

  2. fustian(Noun)

    A class of cloth including corduroy and velveteen

  3. fustian(Noun)

    Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fustian(noun)

    a kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc

  2. Fustian(noun)

    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. Fustian(adj)

    made of fustian

  4. Fustian(adj)

    pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history


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