[ˈfʌstɪən], (Noun)

Definitions:
- thick, hard-wearing twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colours
(e.g: the coarse fustian of prison clothing)

- pompous or pretentious speech or writing
(e.g: a smokescreen of fustian and fantasy)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fustaigne, from medieval Latin fustaneum, from (pannus) fustaneus ‘cloth from Fostat’, a suburb of Cairo; fustian perhaps from the fact that fustian was sometimes used to cover pillows and cushions, implying that the language was ‘padded’; compare with bombast