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Word: fustilarian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fustilarian was the word used by Falstaff to describe Hostess Quickly. It is "a comic formation based on fustilugs, and fustiluggery itself refers to fat and frowsiness, usually feminine. Fustilug [and] fus-tilarian certainly merit rediscovery . . . for application to a gross virago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Rescue for Lost Words | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

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