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fustian

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fustian

1
n
a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
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n
pompous or pretentious talk or writing
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fustian
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n a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap

Type of:
cloth, fabric, material, textile
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
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n pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Synonyms:
blah, bombast, claptrap, rant
Type of:
grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
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