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FUSTIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fustian" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Synonyms:
blah; bombast; claptrap; fustian; rant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fustian" is a kind of...):
grandiloquence; grandiosity; magniloquence; ornateness; rhetoric (high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation)
