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Fustian

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(1):

(n.) A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

(2):

(a.) Made of fustian.

(3):

(a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.

(4):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fustian'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fustian.html. 1828.
 
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