What is fustian - Sesli Sözlük

English - Turkish

Definition of fustian in English Turkish dictionary: pamuklu kadife; tumturaklı; dimi; tum turaklı; saçma; boş; s dimiden yapılmış; s dimi; {i} şişirme; {i} abartı; {i} pazen; dimiden yapılmış; değersiz; abartmalı söz/dimi; şişirilmiş; abartılı

English - English

Definition of fustian in English English dictionary: A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff; A class of cloth including corduroy and velveteen; Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech; {n} a cotton-cloth, swelling style, softness; Made of fustian; pompous or pretentious talk or writing; {i} linen; coarse fabric; high-sounding speech, flowery speech; a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap; Strong, hard-wearing cloth combining a linen warp and cotton weft First made in Egypt about 200ad, spreading across Europe and probably brought to Britain by migrant workers Normally used for workers clothes but, by cutting the weft, French workers produced Cord du Roi, or corduroy; A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc; Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history; Coarse cloth made of cotton and flax twilled cotton cloth; corduroy; velveteen; 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; a strong cotton and linen fabric; {n} thickset

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