<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a stout fabric of cotton and flax</li><li>a fabric of stout twilled cotton or of cotton and low-quality wool, with a short nap or pile</li><li>inflated or turgid language in writing or speaking: Fustian can't disguise the author's meager plot</li><li>Synonyms: claptrap, rant, bombast</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>made of fustian: a fustian coat; fustian bed linen</li><li>pompous or bombastic, as language: fustian melodrama</li><li>worthless; cheap: fustian knaves and dupes</li></ul>