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Synonyms for fustian

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fuhs-chuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌs tʃən

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Définition of fustian

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.
  • adj pompous
Example sentences :
  • "Fustian jacket or not, he had a good head on his shoulders," remarked one.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • Think of that, you in fustian jackets who grumble after meat.
  • Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
  • But there also seems to be association with Naples; cf. fustian-anapes for Naples fustian.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley
  • It was dark in the shop, and the smell of fustian absorbed the air.
  • Extract from : « Moor Fires » by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young
  • For I heartily despised all that fustian trumpery of the age.
  • Extract from : « Richard Carvel, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • That fustian, insincerity, was certainly not one of his faults.
  • Extract from : « Richard Carvel, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • Yes, there were swells here, ball-room coxcombs in fustian and felt.
  • Extract from : « Mystic London: » by Charles Maurice Davies
  • The rag of fustian had been pressed out, and the water was escaping.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Tar » by Mayne Reid
  • Then he pulled his fustian coat aside and pointed to his side.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Third Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Dr. Johnson calls it dimmity, and describes it as a kind of fustian.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
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