fustian
1. pompous or pretentious talk or writing • Syn: bombast, rant, claptrap, blah • Derivationally related forms: rant (for: rant), bombastic (for: bombast) • Hypernyms: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric 2. a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap • Hypernyms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
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