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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -fustian-, *fustian*
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English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
fustian(ฟัน'ชัน) n. ผ้าฝ้ายหรือลินินสีแก่เนื้อหยาบ, ภาษาหรือคำพูดที่โอ้อวด, สิ่งทอสีแก่เนื้อหยาบ adj. ทำด้วยผ้าหรือสิ่งทอดังกล่าว, โอ้อวด, คุยโว, ไร้ค่า, ราคาถูก

WordNet (3.0)
fustian(n) a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
bombast(n) pompous or pretentious talk or writing, Syn. blah, rant, fustian, claptrap

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Fustiann. [ OE. fustan, fustian, OF. fustaine, F. futaine, It. fustagno, fr. LL. fustaneum, fustanum; cf. Pr. fustani, Sp. fustan. So called from Fustāt, i. e., Cairo, where it was made. ] 1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used, above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fustiana. 1. Made of fustian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fustianistn. A writer of fustian. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
fustian

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
fustian

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
ファスチャン[fasuchan] (n) fustian [Add to Longdo]

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