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Definition of: fustian
(fus′chən) noun
1. Formerly, a kind of stout cloth made of cotton and flax; now, a coarse, twilled cotton fabric, such as corduroy or velveteen.
2. Pretentious verbiage; bombast.
—adjective
1. Made of fustian.
2. Pompous, bombastic. [<OF fustaine <Med. L (pannus) fustaneus (<L fustis a cudgel), trans. of Gk. xylinon wooden <xylon wood]
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