a. Obs. [f. L. fastīgi-um + -OUS.] Like a fastigium; with gables. Also fig. Pretentious.
1670. G. H., Hist. Cardinals, I. III. 94. In the first Ages of the Churches Infancy, the Cardinals were so humble and modest, they thought the Title of Fratello nei Sigmore observandissimo, most observant Brother in the Lord, too high, too great, too eminent and fastigious [orig. sollevato] for them.
1697. Evelyn, Acc. Architects (1723), 50. The ancients dwelling-houses being generally flat at the top, Julius Cæsar being the first whom they Indulg’d to raise his Palace in this Fastigious manner.
