Fustian

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Made of fustian.

II. Fustian ·adj Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.

III. Fustian ·noun A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, ·etc.

IV. 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.

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