(1):
(a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
(2):
(v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
(3):
(n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
(4):
(n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
(5):
(n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.