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Definition of Fastuous
1. a. Proud; haughty; disdainful.
Definition of Fastuous
1. Adjective. (obsolete) proud; haughty; disdainful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fastuous
1. arrogant [adj] - See also: arrogant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fastuous
Literary usage of Fastuous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb by Maurice Henry Hewlett, Laurence Binyon, Edward James Hewlett, William Randolph Hearst, Jonathan Swift, Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Edward Verrall Lucas, Frederick Madison Smith, Mariano Tomás (1905)
"... up some fastuous trophy, that of him Might tell, what mighty powers the age
rejected, But taught his lips the office of a pen — By fools he's deem'da ..."
2. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"331) “unfortunately for the peasants living on his estate, he was of fastuous
disposition.” A more serious defect is that the scrappiness and inaccuracy ..."
3. American Journal of Archaeology by Archaeological Institute of America (1887)
"In the transformation of French art from the pure, severe and broad style of the
xin century to the more fastuous, realistic and personal art of the Valois, ..."
4. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"He is a treasure by the world neglected, Because he hath not, with a prescience
dim, Like those whose every aim is self-reflected, Pil'd up some fastuous ..."
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