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).

plural of fustian

The practice of writing fustian; pomposity in writing.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fustianize

simple past tense and past participle of fustianize

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

present participle of fustianize

Wearing fustian.

A writer of fustian, or pompous writing.