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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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Where Nicholson had been fustian, Blanchflower was all flair and illumination, a tremendous inspiration to his teams.
Fustianist
Definition:
(n.) A writer of fustian.
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