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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 fus·tian /ˈfʌsʧən/
 粗斜條棉布,誇大的話,浮誇(a.)粗斜條棉布的,夸飾的,誇大的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fus·tian n.
 1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
 2. 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.
    Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian.   --Addison.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fus·tian, a.
 1. Made of fustian.
 2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 fustian
      n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, rant,
            claptrap, blah]
      2: a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap