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What (who) is fustian - definition
fustian
n.
1.
Bombast, rant, rhodomontade, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology.
2.
Stuff, nonsense, trash, twaddle, inanity, etc. See balderdash.
fustian
['f?st??n]
¦ noun
1. a thick, hard-wearing twilled cloth with a short nap.
2. pompous speech or writing.
Origin
ME: from OFr. fustaigne, from med. L. fustaneum, from (pannus) fustaneus 'cloth from Fostat', a suburb of Cairo; sense 2 perh. from the fact that fustian was used to cover pillows, implying that the language was 'padded'.
Fustian
·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.
Wikipedia
Fustian
Fustian is a variety of heavy cloth woven from cotton, chiefly prepared for menswear. It is also used figuratively to refer to pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech, from at least the time of Shakespeare.
