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fustianism

noun

Etymology

From fustian + -ism.

  1. derived from fūstāneum
  2. derived from fustaine
  3. inherited from fustian — “type of fabric, probably made from cotton, flax, or wool; piece of fustian spread over a bed or mattress”
  4. suffixed as fustianism — “fustian + ism”

Definitions

  1. The practice of writing fustian

    The practice of writing fustian; pomposity in writing.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fustianism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA