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fustian(dictionary)

fustian (iou)



fustian noun & adjective. ME.
[Old French fustaigne (mod. futaine) repr. medieval Latin fustaneum, (tela) fustanea, (pannus) fustaneus = cloth of Fostat suburb of Cairo, city in Egypt.]
A. noun.
Orig., a napped fabric of a mixture of linen and cotton or wool. Now also, any of various coarse twilled cotton fabrics with a short nap. Formerly also, a blanket made of such material. ME.
Pompous or inflated speech or writing; bombast; drivel. Formerly also, gibberish, jargon. L16.
J. Jones Karamazov's powerful fustian about the whole God business.
b. adjective.
(Of language) pompous, inflated, (formerly) jargonistic; (of a person etc.) worthless, pretentious. E16.
Shakespeare 2 Henry IV For God's sake thrust him down stairs; I cannot endure such a fustian rascal. V. Nabokov A dismal exchange of..fustian jokes.
Made of fustian. M16.
fustianed adjective dressed in fustian M19.