Word of the Day
fustian \FUHS-chuhn\, noun:
1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
2. An inflated style of writing or speech; pompous or pretentious language.
3. Made of fustian.
4. Pompous; ridiculously inflated; bombastic.
Don't squander the court's patience puffing your cheeks up on stately bombast and lofty fustian. Speak plainly!-- Richard Dooling, Brain Storm
We are back from St. Louis - report to follow, in a truly fustian manner......
(don't you think it would be pronounced fus - tee- an?)
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Glad you are back Krista. I was getting worried when there were no new posts. And yes, I would have pronounced it fus-te-an.
Julie
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