Definitions for fustians

fustians fus·tian

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

Fustians is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in fustians (afinsstu).

Definitions for fustians

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 fustians

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 fustians

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for fustians
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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