Fustian

Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
  • (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.
  • (a.) Made of fustian.
  • (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.

Compare fustian with other words:

fustian vs. fustianist

fustian vs. thickset

fustian vs. magniloquent

blah vs. fustian

fustian vs. pillow

fustian vs. linen

bombast vs. fustian