Lexicon: Fustian – fuzzy

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Fustian, adj. [L. fustas, wooden stick, club < Gk xulinos, wood-linen or cotton.]

Thick cotton fabric; material from El Fustat, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt; [fig.] rough; coarse; plain; common; heavy; of ordinary people.

futile, adj. [Fr.]

Pointless; worthless; ineffective; unsuccessful; of no importance.

future, adj. [OFr.]

That will be; that will come; that succeeds the present.

future (-s), n. [Fr. < L. futurus, fut. pple. of esse, to be.]

  1. Existence or time to come, personified.
  2. State of being or existence to come; time succeeding the present.

fuzz, n. [perhaps imitative of the action of blowing away light particles.]

  1. Blur; haze; cloud which obstructs one's vision.
  2. Small particles, such as pollen.

fuzzy, adj. [see fuzz, n.]

Having a soft, irregular texture; made up of many small, usually soft particles; hairy.