fustian

🇬🇧 UK/'fʌstiәn/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A coarse, thick cotton or cotton-linen fabric; pompous or inflated language; bombast.

棉麻粗布;浮夸的言辞,大话

adj.

Made of fustian fabric; using pompous or inflated language.

棉麻粗布制的;浮夸的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
fustianother
=fustian

Common Collocations

  • 1.fustian cloth粗布
  • 2.fustian language浮夸语言
  • 3.fustian rhetoric空洞言辞

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The old fustian fabric was worn but still strong.

  • 2.

    His speech was full of fustian and lacked substance.

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