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
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.
Fus·tian, a.
1. Made of fustian.
2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.
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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