'Fustian' definitions:
Definition of 'fustian'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Fustian'
From: GCIDE
- Fustian \Fus"tian\, n. [OE. fustan, fustian, OF. fustaine, F. futaine, It. fustagno, fr. LL. fustaneum, fustanum; cf. Pr. fustani, Sp. fustan. So called from Fust[=a]t, i. e., Cairo, where it was made.]
- 1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fustian'
From: GCIDE
- Fustian \Fus"tian\, a.
- 1. Made of fustian. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fustian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurdity,
- amphigory,
- babble,
- babblement,
- balderdash,
- bibble-babble,
- blabber,
- blather,
- bombast,
- bombastic,
- bombastry,
- claptrap,
- double-talk,
- drivel,
- drool,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fiddledeedee,
- flatulent,
- flummery,
- folderol,
- fudge,
- gabble,
- galimatias,
- gammon,
- gassy,
- gibber,
- gibberish,
- gibble-gabble,
- gobbledygook,
- good-for-nothing,
- highfalutin,
- hocus-pocus,
- hot air,
- humbug,
- inflated,
- jabber,
- jargon,
- meaningless,
- mouthy,
- mumbo jumbo,
- narrishkeit,
- niaiserie,
- nonsense,
- pack of nonsense,
- palaver,
- prate,
- prattle,
- purposeless,
- rant,
- rigamarole,
- rigmarole,
- rodomontade,
- rubbish,
- skimble-skamble,
- stuff and nonsense,
- stultiloquence,
- swollen,
- trash,
- trumpery,
- tumescent,
- tumid,
- turgescent,
- turgid,
- twaddle,
- twattle,
- twiddle-twaddle,
- unpurposed,
- useless,
- vaporing,
- waffling,
- windy,
- worthless