fustian

fustian
[ˈfʌstɪən]
noun
[mass noun]
  1. thick, hard-wearing twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colours
    纬起绒织物,纬起毛织物
  2. pompous or pretentious speech or writing
    浮夸(或自夸)的话(或文章)
    a smokescreen of fustian and fantasy.
    充斥了浮夸荒诞之词的障眼法。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French fustaigne, from medieval Latin fustaneum, from (pannus) fustaneus 'cloth from Fostat', a suburb of Cairo; sense 2 perhaps from the fact that fustian was sometimes used to cover pillows and cushions, implying that the language was ‘padded’; compare with bombast
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