This week’s theme
Words to describe people

This week’s words
stridulous
torpid
fastuous
impertinent
bibulous

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PRONUNCIATION:

(FAS-choo-uhs)

MEANING:

adjective: 1. Haughty; arrogant. 2. Pretentious.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin fastuosus, from fastus (arrogance). Earliest documented use: 1638.

USAGE:

“Here the gentry live a fastuous life and wear chic clothes.”
Edwin Jahiel; Brotherhood of Wolf Stylish, Confused Mess; News Gazette (Champaign, Illinois); Feb 14, 2002.

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