Antonyms for fustians

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fuhs-chuhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌs tʃən

Definition of fustians

Origin : "thick cotton cloth," c.1200, from Old French fustaigne, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, probably from Latin fustis "staff, stick of wood," probably a loan-translation of Greek xylina lina "linens of wood" (i.e. "cotton"), but the Medieval Latin word also is sometimes said to be from Fostat, town near Cairo where this cloth was manufactured. [Klein finds this derivation untenable.] Figurative sense of "pompous, inflated language" recorded by 1590s.

As in jargon : noun specialized language; dialect
As in rant : noun yelling, raving
As in rhetoric : noun wordiness; long speech
As in euphuism : noun inflation
As in flatulence : noun pomposity
As in balderdash : noun nonsense
As in bombast : noun boasting
As in grandiloquence : noun bombast
As in orotundity : noun bombast
As in turgidity : noun bombast

Example sentences :

In the fifteenth century Naples was famous for the weaving of fustians.
Extract from : « Textiles and Clothing » by Kate Heintz Watson

A reference to Norwich fustians of as early a date as the 14th century is quoted by Baines.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 » by Various

It was the principal market for the fustians which were manufactured at Bolton, Leigh and the places adjacent.
Extract from : « The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651) » by Ernest Broxap

Item iij large cofres for the wardrobe for bedds, shetis and fustians.
Extract from : « Mary Tudor, Queen of France » by Mary Croom Brown

Fustians shall always be shorn with the long shear, so that it can be worn for at least two years.
Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly

Humphrey Chetham, the founder of this institution, was a dealer in fustians in Manchester early in the seventeenth century.
Extract from : « The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the South and West Coasts » by Various

The next process to which fustians are exposed is steeping in hot water, to take out the dressing paste.
Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure

Item iiij pair of fyne shets and ij pair of fustians for the said trussing bedde.
Extract from : « Mary Tudor, Queen of France » by Mary Croom Brown

Philip and Mary passed an act to encourage the making “of russels, satins, satins-reverses, and fustians of Naples.”
Extract from : « A Comprehensive History of Norwich » by A. D. Bayne

They also brought cotton wool from Smyrna to work into fustians and dimities.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5 » by Various

Synonyms for fustians

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