Definitions for fustian

fustian fus·tian

Spelling: [fuhs-chuh n]
IPA: /ˈfʌs tʃən/

Fustian is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in fustian (afinstu).

Definitions for fustian

noun

  1. a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
  2. a fabric of stout twilled cotton or of cotton and low-quality wool, with a short nap or pile.
  3. inflated or turgid language in writing or speaking:

adjective

  1. made of fustian:
  2. pompous or bombastic, as language:
  3. worthless; cheap:

Origin of fustian

1150-1200; Middle English Old French fustaigne Medieval Latin fūstāneum, perhaps a derivative of Latin fūstis stick, cudgel (Late Latin: trunk; cf. fusty), if a tran

Examples for fustian

Think of that, you in fustian jackets who grumble after meat.

The rag of fustian had been pressed out, and the water was escaping.

Then he pulled his fustian coat aside and pointed to his side.

That fustian, insincerity, was certainly not one of his faults.

"fustian jacket or not, he had a good head on his shoulders," remarked one.

For I heartily despised all that fustian trumpery of the age.

Yes, there were swells here, ball-room coxcombs in fustian and felt.

It was simple; it was direct; there was no fustian in it; and yet it told the story perfectly.

But there also seems to be association with Naples; cf. fustian-anapes for Naples fustian.

It was dark in the shop, and the smell of fustian absorbed the air.

Word Value for fustian
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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