FUSTIAN
\fˈʌst͡ʃən], \fˈʌstʃən], \f_ˈʌ_s_tʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of FUSTIAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Made of fustian.
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Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Made of fustian.
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Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.
By Noah Webster.
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A kind of coarse twilled cotton cloth, as corduroy, velveteen, etc.; high-sounding speech; bombast.
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Made of fustian; bombastic.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Made of fustian; bombastic.
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A kind of coarse, twilled cotton cloth: a pompous and unnatural style of writing or speaking: bombast.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
