Definition
A thick, heavy cotton fabric, usually twilled, with a velvety pile on one side; also, inflated or bombastic language or writing.
Etymology
From Old French 'fustaine', from the name of El-Fustat, a city in Egypt (now part of Cairo) famous for cloth production. Later acquired the figurative meaning of 'pompous language' because fancy cloth was associated with fancy speech.
Kelly Says
The journey of this word from a place name to a fabric to bombastic speech perfectly shows how words gather metaphorical meanings over centuries—El-Fustat was so famous for cloth that its name became synonymous with exaggerated language.
Translations
ARالعربية
فوستيان
foo-stee-an
BNবাংলা
ফুসটিয়ান
foo-stee-an
CACatalà
fustian
foo-stee-an
CSČeština
fustian
foo-stee-an
DADansk
fustian
foo-stee-an
DEDeutsch
Fustian
foo-stee-an
ELΕλληνικά
φουστίνα
foo-stee-na
ESEspañol
fustian
foo-stee-an
FAفارسی
فُسْتِیَان
foo-stee-an
FISuomi
fustian
foo-stee-an
FRFrançais
fustian
foo-stee-an
HEעברית
פוסטיאן
foo-stee-an
HIहिन्दी
फुस्टियन
foo-stee-an
HUMagyar
fustian
foo-stee-an
IDBahasa Indonesia
fustian
foo-stee-an
ITItaliano
fustian
foo-stee-an
KMKM
ហ្វូស្ទីអាន
foo-stee-an
MRMR
फुस्टियन
foo-stee-an
MSBahasa Melayu
fustian
foo-stee-an
MYမြန်မာ
ဖူစတီယံ
foo-stee-yan
NLNederlands
fustian
foo-stee-an
NONorsk
fustian
foo-stee-an
PLPolski
fustian
foo-stee-an
PTPortuguês
fustian
foo-stee-an
RORomână
fustian
foo-stee-an
RUРусский
фустиан
foo-stee-an
SVSvenska
fustian
foo-stee-an
SWKiswahili
fustian
foo-stee-an
TAதமிழ்
ஃபுஸ்டியன்
foo-stee-an
TEతెలుగు
ఫుస్టీయన్
foo-stee-an
TRTürkçe
fustian
foo-stee-an
UKУкраїнська
фустіан
foo-stee-an
URاردو
فُسْتِیَان
foo-stee-an
VITiếng Việt
fustian
foo-stee-an