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adjective
Etymology: Latin fastuosus, from fastus arrogance
Date: 1638
1. haughty, arrogant <a fastuous air of finality — Carl Van Vechten> 2. ostentatious, showy <disdained fastuous ceremonies>
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Fastuous — Fas tu*ous, a. [L. fastuosus, from fastus haughtiness, pride: cf. F. fastueux.] Proud; haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Barrow. {Fas tu*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fastuous — [fas′tyo͞o əs] adj. [L fastuosus < fastus: see FASTIDIOUS] 1. haughty; lofty 2. ostentatious; pretentious … English World dictionary
fastuous — fastuously, adv. /fas chooh euhs/, adj. 1. haughty; arrogant. 2. showy; ostentatious. [1630 40; < L fastuosus, equiv. to fastu(s) haughtiness, arrogance (cf. FASTIDIOUS) + osus OUS] * * * … Universalium
fastuous — fas·tu·ous … English syllables
fastuous — a. arrogant; showy … Dictionary of difficult words
fastuous — … Useful english dictionary
Fastuousness — Fastuous Fas tu*ous, a. [L. fastuosus, from fastus haughtiness, pride: cf. F. fastueux.] Proud; haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Barrow. {Fas tu*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fastuose — † ˈfastuose, a. Obs. 0 [ad. L. fastuōs us: see fastuous.] = fastuous. in Bailey vol. II … Useful english dictionary
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haughty — adj proud, self important, self satisfied, self complacent; vain, puffed up, Sl. swell headed, egotistical, know it all, conceited; arrogant, fastuous, overbearing, overweening, presumptuous, assuming; contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, derisive … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
