1. Noun
Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
2. Noun
Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
3. Noun
Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
4. Adjective
High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
5. Verb
To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
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