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。
词源
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.