fustian > define

noun

• Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
  • synonyms: bombast, rant, claptrap, blah
• A strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap. .

• (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.
• (a.) Made of fustian.
• (n.) A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
• (n.) An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast.