fustian[noun]Synonyms: bombast, highfalutin, rant, rhapsody, rhetoric, rodomontade
[adjective]Synonyms: feckless, good-for-nothing, meaningless, purposeless, unpurposed, useless, worthless
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
fus‧ti‧an /ˈfʌstiən $ -tʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: fustaine, probably from Latin fustis 'heavy wooden stick']
1. a type of rough heavy cotton cloth, worn especially in the past
2. literary words that sound important but have very little meaning
—fustian adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲