Fustian

fust′yan, n. a kind of coarse, twilled cotton fabric, including moleskin, velveteen, corduroy, .: a pompous and unnatural style of writing or speaking: bombast: a liquor made of white wine with yolk of eggs, lemon, spices, .—adj. made of fustian: bombastic.— v.i. Fust′ianise ( Holmes ), to write bombastically.— n. Fust′ianist , one who writes bombast. [O. Fr. fustaigne (Fr. futaine )—It. fustagno —Low L. fustaneum , from Ar. Fostat (a suburb of Cairo) in Egypt, where first made.]