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    Fustian (fŭschan; 106), n. [OE. fustan, fustian, OF. fustaine, F. futaine, It. fustagno, fr. LL. fustaneum, fustanum; cf. Pr. fustani, Sp. fustan. So called from Fustāt, i. e., Cairo, where it was made.]
    1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

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    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.

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    Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian. Addison.

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    Fustian, a.
    1. Made of fustian.

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    2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, “fustian history”. Walpole.

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