fustian

US /ˈfʌs.tʃən/
UK /ˈfʌs.tʃən/
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1.

a thick, durable twilled cloth with a short nap, usually made of cotton and resembling velvet or corduroy.

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The tailor used a heavy fustian for the coat.
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Her dress was made of a dark green fustian.
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corduroyvelveteendenim
2.

pompous or pretentious speech or writing.

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His speech was full of empty fustian and lacked substance.
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The critic dismissed the novel as mere fustian.
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bombastgrandiloquencepomposityrhetoricbluster
1.

made of fustian (the cloth).

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He wore a simple fustian tunic.
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The old curtains were of a thick, fustian material.
2.

pompous or pretentious (of speech or writing).

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His fustian prose made the lecture unbearable.
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She found his arguments to be overly fustian and lacking in genuine emotion.
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pompouspretentiousbombasticgrandiloquentoverblown