FUSTIAN


Meaning of FUSTIAN in English

/ ˈfʌstiən; NAmE -tʃən/ noun [ U ]

1.

a thick strong cotton cloth with a slightly rough surface, used in the past for making clothes

2.

( literary ) language that sounds impressive but does not mean much

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : from Old French fustaigne , from medieval Latin fustaneum , from (pannus) fustaneus cloth from Fostat , a suburb of Cairo; sense 2 perhaps from the fact that fustian was sometimes used to cover pillows and cushions, implying that the language was “padded”; compare with bombast .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.