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Fustian

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounOriginally, 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.
2.NounA class of fabric including corduroy and velveteen.
3.NounInflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also , incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense.
4.NounChiefly 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.
5.AdjectiveMade out of fustian (noun sense 1).
6.AdjectiveOf a person, or their speech or writing: using inflated, pompous, or pretentious language; bombastic; grandiloquent; also using incoherent or unintelligible language.
7.AdjectiveImaginary; invented. Useless; worthless.
8.AdjectiveImaginary; invented.
9.AdjectiveUseless; worthless.
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