fustian
(en)
(noun) a strong cotton and linen fabric / (noun) a class of cotton fabrics usually having a pile face and twill weave / (noun) high-flown or affected writing or speech / (noun) anything high-flown or affected in style
It does a writer as talented as Hollinghurst few favours to be fossicking in fustian in this way
unknown
6 years, 8 months ago