Definition of fustian Fustian

fus•ti•an

We found 12 definitions of fustian from 6 different sources.

What does fustian mean?

Noun Plural: fustians
fustian - a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
fustian - pompous or pretentious talk or writing
		bombast, rant, claptrap, blah
		grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"

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

fustian
fust′yan, n. a kind of coarse, twilled cotton fabric, including moleskin, velveteen, corduroy, &c.: a pompous and unnatural style of writing or speaking: bombast: a liquor made of white wine with yolk of eggs, lemon, spices, &c.—adj. made of fustian: bombastic.—v.i. Fust′ianise (Holmes), to write bombastically.—n. Fust′ianist, one who writes bombast. [O. Fr. fustaigne (Fr. futaine)—It. fustagno—Low L. fustaneum, from Ar. Fostat (a suburb of Cairo) in Egypt, where first made.]