Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fustianize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fus-tian-ize
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To write or utter pretentious statements.

Dated; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"What is a poet's love? — / To write a girl a sonnet, / To get a ring, or some such thing, / And fustianize upon it."
"When they talk war they amuse the soldier and when they fustianize about advertising, they make such statements as, “Advertising Is Literature" or “Advertising is the greatest force in modern business," which it is not."

Etymology

From fustian + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fustian

Usage

Inflected Forms

fustianizes (present, singular) fustianizing (participle, present) fustianized (participle, past) fustianized (past)

Questions

What does fustianize mean?: To write or utter pretentious statements.
Where does fustianize come from?: From fustian + -ize.

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