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Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
Thomas Moore

Meaning of "fustian" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FUSTIAN

From Old French fustaigne, from Medieval Latin fustāneum, from Latin fustis cudgel.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FUSTIAN

fustian  [ˈfʌstɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUSTIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fustian can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FUSTIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fustian

Fustian

Fustian is a variety of heavy cloth woven from cotton, chiefly prepared for menswear. It is also used figuratively to refer to pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech, from at least the time of Shakespeare. This literary use is because the cloth type was often used as padding, hence, the purposeless words are fustian.

Definition of fustian in the English dictionary

The first definition of fustian in the dictionary is a hard-wearing fabric of cotton mixed with flax or wool with a slight nap. Other definition of fustian is pompous or pretentious talk or writing. Fustian is also cheap; worthless.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUSTIAN


anti-Christian
ˌæntɪˈkrɪstɪən
bastion
ˈbæstɪən
Brechtian
ˈbrɛxtɪən
chondrostian
kɒnˈdrɒstɪən
countian
ˈkaʊntɪən
demibastion
ˌdɛmɪˈbæstɪən
Erastian
ɛˈræstɪən
Faustian
ˈfaʊstɪən
glasnostian
ɡlæsˈnɒstɪən
Judaeo-Christian
dʒuːˌdeɪəʊˈkrɪstɪən
Kantian
ˈkæntɪən
Lovecraftian
ˈlʌvˌkrɑːftɪən
Philistian
fɪˈlɪstɪən
Procrustean
prəʊˈkrʌstɪən
Proustian
ˈpruːstɪən
Shahaptian
ʃəˈhæptɪən
strontian
ˈstrɒntɪən
Tahitian
təˈhiːtɪən
teleostean
ˌtelɪˈɒstɪən
Thyestian
θaɪˈɛstɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUSTIAN

fust
fustanella
fustanelle
fustet
fustianise
fustianist
fustic
fustier
fustiest
fustigate
fustigation
fustigator
fustigatory
fustilarian
fustilirian
fustillirian
fustilugs
fustily
fustiness
fusty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUSTIAN

antichristian
Christian
Croatian
Dalmatian
Demochristian
dietitian
Early Christian
Egyptian
Gratian
Haitian
Laotian
Martian
Mauritian
non-Christian
pre-Christian
rumfustian
Sebastian
Serbo-Croatian
unchristian
Venetian

Synonyms and antonyms of fustian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fustian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUSTIAN

Find out the translation of fustian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fustian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fustian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

浮华
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fustán
570 millions of speakers

English

fustian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निरर्थक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فستياني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

fustian
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fustian
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শব্দাড়ম্বরবিশিষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

futaine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fustian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Barchent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ファスチアン織り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

퍼스 티언 천
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fustian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giọng khoa trương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fustian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फास्टियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pazen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fustagno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

barchan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

fustian
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

finet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοτλέ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flanel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fustian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fustian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fustian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUSTIAN»

The term «fustian» is normally little used and occupies the 118.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUSTIAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fustian» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fustian» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fustian

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QUOTES WITH «FUSTIAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fustian.
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Thomas Moore
Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUSTIAN»

Discover the use of fustian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fustian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ralegh and Marlowe: a study in Elizabethan fustian
fustian identifications, 36ft., 52f., 88. 90, 96f., 114, 116, 127, 131 political use of fustian, 19, 2 1f., 105, 114, 119, 122f., 12.(f.. 128ff., 24XII. relation to: Bacon, 26, 126, 139ff.; Cecil, 126, 243ff.; Cobham, 244ff. ; Elizabeth, 36ff., 116, 124If.. 131, 133 ...
Eleanor Grace Clark, 1965
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Knights in Fustian: A War Time Story of Indiana
KNIGHTS. IN. FUSTIAN. CHAPTER I THE QUILTING AT MRS. BOWLES'S A SCORE of women were seated down the long sides of a gaudy calico quilt set up in frames in Mrs. Sarah Bowles's best room. They were sewing on it with more or  ...
Caroline Brown, Caroline Virginia Krout, 1900
3
A Fantasy in Fustian
George Wemyss. His daughter floated away, smiling beatifically in the arms of Sydney Mace. Luke Gaskard, the duties of a host naturally keeping him well employed, hurried off to take Mrs. Gubbins into the parlour for refreshment, and Timothy ...
George Wemyss, 1899
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Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces
®Fustian ̄. was a coarse cloth made of thick, twilled cotton with a short pile or nap. It was usually dyed an olive, leaden, or other dark color. By the nineteenth century, fustianhad become exclusively associated with the working classes.
Patricia Spyer, 2013
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Freedom and Growth: The Rise of States and Markets in ...
Fustian One element that could help determine the linen industry's location was the presence of a strong fustian industry, which competed for labour and raw materials (fustian was made with a combination of linen and cotton). The Lombard ...
S.R. Epstein, 2002
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Textile Manufactures in Early Modern England
It was about 1590 that Giles Warren started making Milan fustians in Ireland. He attracted many pupils from London and elsewhere and these men constituted the whole of the first generation of Milan fustian manufacturers in London and other ...
Eric Kerridge, 1988
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A Hoosier Sampler: An Anthology of Indiana Writers
Knights in Fustian (1900) is a novel, but it is based strictly on historical fact. It is a story of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a society of Southern sympathizers, many of whom were active in support of the Southern cause in Indiana and adjacent ...
James Alvin Huston, 2000
8
The Lancashire Textile Industry in the Sixteenth Century
This fustian manufacture may well have begun on a small scale in Lancashire as early as the 1 56o's, for already at that time small quantities of fustians were being exported to Ireland from Chester. In 1 565/6 for instance, two pieces of fustian ...
Norman Lowe, 1972
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History of Congleton: Published to Celebrate the 700th ...
Some of Berisfords' neighbours changed to cotton after 1860, and in 1867 Thomas and John Shepherd of Royton introduced fustian and velvet cutting to the town, opening a mill at Eaton's Bank. The consequent rush to imitate when people ...
W. B. Stephens, 1970
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Consumption: Theory and issues in the study of consumption
"Fustian" was a coarse cloth made of thick, twilled cotton with a short pile or nap. It was usually dyed an olive, leaden, or other dark color. By the nineteenth century, fustian had become exclusively associated with the working classes. In 1861 ...
Daniel Miller, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUSTIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fustian is used in the context of the following news items.
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The lost art of fighting like a Medieval man
"He shall have no shirt upon him but a doublet of fustian lined with satin," it starts, which sounds pretty strict – but as anyone who has ever spent ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Night at the End of the Tunnel
As the elder Tyrone, Winters presents a layered study of masks behind masks, a fustian old trooper secretly panicked about life's missed cues. «A News Cafe, Jul 15»
3
Why our Blackburn mills drew workers from all over the country
... such as Livesey, Witton and Mellor, was at the forefront of the production of fustian, a cloth which comprised linen warp and cotton weft. «This Is Lancashire, Jun 15»
4
The Vatican Heats Up
Even that fustian conservative reactionary, Saint John Paul II would lament the human approach that “sees no other meaning in their natural ... «CounterPunch, Jun 15»
5
How a northern town helped pioneer the workers co-op
While the Rochdale Pioneers were leading the way with the retail movement, The Hebden Bridge Fustian Manufacturing Society was an early ... «Co-operative News, Jun 15»
6
The Return of the Great White Boss, Bruce Springsteen
... unduly circumscribe the expressive options upon which he may draw, where a fustian kind of therapeutic holy activism gamely masquerades ... «PopMatters, Jun 15»
7
Wellington – the Iron Irishman
... to distance themselves from the low-church founder of preachy, fustian Methodism. Such nomenclatural camouflage was a common practice ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jun 15»
8
Spinning jenny borne of having large family to feed
In those days most local weavers worked in wool rather than cotton though fustian, a combination of wool and linen (or wool and cotton), was ... «Burnley Express, Jun 15»
9
This Hamlet has lost its majesty and power
Full marks to director Cimolino for trying to liberate the text from fustian conventions. But why throw out the baby with the bathwater? You might ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jun 15»
10
Theater review: Tarocco brings feats of sensory delight to The …
It's esoteric, ethereal and heady bordering on fustian. It perhaps borrows a bit too much from things you have seen before (I felt a strong desire ... «Mountain Xpress, May 15»

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