fustian

🇺🇸 /ˈfʌstʃən/ 🇬🇧 /ˈfʌstiən/
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noun
R

A type of heavy cotton fabric that was used to make clothes.

The old photograph showed a man dressed in a fustian jacket.

R

Speech or writing that is full of long, complicated words or ideas but does not have much meaning.

The politician's speech was full of fustian, leaving the audience confused.

translation

n. A type of heavy cotton fabric that was used to make clothes.; Speech or writing that is full of long, complicated words or ideas but does not have much meaning.

Word Forms

Plural fustians