fustian

Etymology


The is derived from, from ,  (modern 🇨🇬), from , from  or , of disputed origin.

Sense 3 (“inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing”) is possibly from the fact that the fabric was sometimes used to make cushion- and pillowcases, thus suggesting that the speech or writing is “padded” or “stuffed”; compare. The relationship between sense 4 (“hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages with egg yolk, lemon, and spices”) and the fabric is unclear.

The is from an  use of the noun.



Noun

 * 1) Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.
 * 2) A class of fabric including corduroy and velveteen.
 * 3)  Inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also, incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense.
 * 4)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1) A class of fabric including corduroy and velveteen.
 * 2)  Inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also, incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense.
 * 3)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also, incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense.
 * 2)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also, incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense.
 * 2)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also, incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense.
 * 2)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.
 * 1)  Chiefly in rum fustian: a hot drink made of a mixture of alcoholic beverages (as beer, gin, and sherry or white wine) with egg yolk, lemon, and spices.

Translations

 * Arabic: فسطاطي
 * Bulgarian: бархет
 * Catalan: fustany
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 麻紗布
 * Czech:
 * Danish: barchent
 * Dutch: fustein, fustijn
 * Esperanto:, bombazino
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ファスチャン織り
 * Luxembourgish: Fitteng
 * Old Czech: barchan
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: порхет
 * Spanish:, , fustaño
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vilamovian: barhet


 * Russian: ,

Adjective

 * 1) Made out of fustian (noun sense 1).
 * 2) Of a person, or their speech or writing: using inflated, pompous, or pretentious language; bombastic; grandiloquent; also  using incoherent or unintelligible language.
 * 3) Imaginary; invented.
 * 4) Useless; worthless.
 * 1) Of a person, or their speech or writing: using inflated, pompous, or pretentious language; bombastic; grandiloquent; also  using incoherent or unintelligible language.
 * 2) Imaginary; invented.
 * 3) Useless; worthless.
 * 1) Of a person, or their speech or writing: using inflated, pompous, or pretentious language; bombastic; grandiloquent; also  using incoherent or unintelligible language.
 * 2) Imaginary; invented.
 * 3) Useless; worthless.
 * 1) Imaginary; invented.
 * 2) Useless; worthless.
 * 1) Imaginary; invented.
 * 2) Useless; worthless.
 * 1) Imaginary; invented.
 * 2) Useless; worthless.
 * 1) Imaginary; invented.
 * 2) Useless; worthless.
 * 1) Imaginary; invented.
 * 2) Useless; worthless.
 * 1) Useless; worthless.

Translations

 * Polish:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A cloth made of cotton, flax or wool, being the ancestor of modern.
 * 2) A piece of such cloth used as a bedspread.
 * 1) A piece of such cloth used as a bedspread.