fustianist

English

Etymology

fustian +‎ -ist

Noun

fustianist (plural fustianists)

1. (archaic) A pompous writer.
   • 1642 April, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 193:

     and in their choice preferring the gay rankneſs of Apuleius, Arnobius, or any modern Suſtianiſt, before the native Latiniſms of Cicero.

   • 1834, a member of the Univversity of Cambridge, A Letter to the Right Rev. Dr. Philpotts:

     I feel convinced therefore that your Lordship, fustianist though you may be, must have blushed to indulge in such pribble prabble

References

• “fustianist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.