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fustianize

verb

Etymology

From fustian + -ize.

  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 fustianize — “fustian + ize”

Definitions

  1. To write or utter pretentious statements.

    • What is a poet's love? — / To write a girl a sonnet, / To get a ring, or some such thing, / And fustianize upon it.
    • When they talk war they amuse the soldier and when they fustianize about advertising, they make such statements as, “Advertising Is Literature" or “Advertising is the greatest force in modern business," which it is not.

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