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  1. fustians: Merriam-Webster
  2. fustians: Vocabulary.com
  3. fustians: Wordnik
  4. fustians: Wiktionary
  5. Fustians: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fustian)

noun:  Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.
noun:  A class of fabric including corduroy and velveteen.
noun:  (figuratively) Inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also (archaic), incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense.
noun:  (alcoholic beverages, archaic) Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
adjective:  Made out of fustian (noun sense 1).
adjective:  Of a person, or their speech or writing: using inflated, pompous, or pretentious language; bombastic; grandiloquent; also (obsolete) using incoherent or unintelligible language.
adjective:  (obsolete)
adjective:  Imaginary; invented.
adjective:  Useless; worthless.
▸ Also see fustian


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