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Noun: fustian  fús-chun
  1. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing
    "The politician's speech was full of fustian but short on substance";
    - bombast, rant, claptrap, blah
     
  2. A strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
    "The upholsterer recommended fustian for its durability and texture"

Derived forms: fustians

Type of: cloth, fabric, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, material, ornateness, rhetoric, textile

Encyclopedia: Fustian