Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.

Made out of fustian (noun sense 1).

plural of fustian

Wearing fustian.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fustianize

present participle of fustianize

(intransitive, dated) To write or utter pretentious statements.

simple past tense and past participle of fustianize

The practice of writing fustian; pomposity in writing.

plural of fustianist