German Meaning of fustian

Fustian

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Definitions and Meaning of fustian in English

Wordnet

fustian (n)

pompous or pretentious talk or writing

a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap

Webster

fustian (n.)

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

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.

Webster

fustian (a.)

Made of fustian.

Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.

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Fustian

pompous or pretentious talk or writing, a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight napA kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including c

Rhetorik,rhetorisch,bombastisch,blähungsanfällig,gasförmig,gasförmig,großspurig,aufgeblasen,oratorisch,Päpstlich

direkt,eloquent,schlicht,nicht-retorisch,kahl,Tatsache,einfach,schroff,einfach,schmucklos

fustet => Fustikholz, fusted => verfault, fust => Mast, fussy => wählerisch, fussure => Spalte,