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fustian n. 粗斜条棉布,夸大的话,浮夸
a. 粗斜条棉布的,夸饰的,夸大的 粗斜条棉布,夸大的话,浮夸粗斜条棉布的,夸饰的,夸大的 fustian n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [ synonym: { bombast}, { fustian}, { rant}, { claptrap}, { blah}] 2: a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight napFustian \ Fus" tian\, n. [ OE. fustan, fustian, OF. fustaine, F. futaine, It. fustagno, fr. LL. fustaneum, fustanum; cf. Pr. fustani, Sp. fustan. So called from Fust[= a] t, i. e., Cairo, where it was made.] 1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 2. 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. [ 1913 Webster] Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster]
Fustian \ Fus" tian\, a. 1. Made of fustian. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history. -- Walpole. [ 1913 Webster] 72 Moby Thesaurus words for " fustian": absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bibble- babble, blabber, blather, bombast, bombastic, bombastry, claptrap, double- talk, drivel, drool, fiddle- faddle, fiddledeedee, flatulent, flummery, folderol, fudge, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gassy, gibber, gibberish, gibble- gabble, gobbledygook, good- for- nothing, highfalutin, hocus- pocus, hot air, humbug, inflated, jabber, jargon, meaningless, mouthy, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, pack of nonsense, palaver, prate, prattle, purposeless, rant, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, skimble- skamble, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, swollen, trash, trumpery, tumescent, tumid, turgescent, turgid, twaddle, twattle, twiddle- twaddle, unpurposed, useless, vaporing, waffling, windy, worthless
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