1. Noun
A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
2. Noun
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.
3. Adjective
Made of fustian.
4. Adjective
Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.
5. Noun
a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
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