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Definition of Fustian
1. Noun. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
Generic synonyms: Grandiloquence, Grandiosity, Magniloquence, Ornateness, Rhetoric
Derivative terms: Bombastic, Rant
2. Noun. A strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap.
Definition of Fustian
1. n. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
2. a. Made of fustian.
Definition of Fustian
1. Noun. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff ¹
2. Noun. A class of cloth including corduroy and velveteen ¹
3. Noun. Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fustian
1. a cotton fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fustian
Literary usage of Fustian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
"In the Wardrobe Accounts of Edward IV. (1480) are enumerated 4 pair of socks of
fustian at 3d. the pair; washing and drying 4 pair ..."
2. The Works of W. E. Henley by William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908)
"His fustian. The radiant humour and an admirable sense of art, which is Robert
Burns. He could write ill, and was capable of fustian. ..."
3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1890)
"SOON after T came to live in this house, as I was painting the palisades of my
front garden, a man in a fustian jacket stopped at the gate. ..."
4. The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the by Shuttleworth family, John Harland (1857)
"Bags made of fustian were filled with orris root and anise seed to protect the
cloth, &c. in the royal wardrobe from moths, &c. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"The draught and cording of common fustian is very simple, being generally a ...
when composed of silk is called satin ; when of cotton, fustian ot jean • of ..."
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