Fustianize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To write or utter pretentious statements. dated, intransitive

    "What is a poet's love? — / To write a girl a sonnet, / To get a ring, or some such thing, / And fustianize upon it."

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"What is a poet's love? — / To write a girl a sonnet, / To get a ring, or some such thing, / And fustianize upon it."

Etymology

From fustian + -ize.

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