Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.

Made out of fustian (noun sense 1).

Wearing fustian.

plural of fustian

present participle of fustianize

simple past tense and past participle of fustianize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fustianize

(intransitive, dated) To write or utter pretentious statements.

The practice of writing fustian; pomposity in writing.

A writer of fustian, or pompous writing.