
Noah Webster
Fustian
FUS'TIAN, noun
1. A kind of cotton stuff, or stuff of cotton and linen.
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; a swelling style; bombast.
Fustian is thoughts and words ill sorted.
FUS'TIAN, adjective Made of fustian
1. In style, swelling above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; too pompous; ridiculously tumid; bombastic.