I declare myself the winner as nobody got the right answer, obviously a well-chosen word.
The right answer was 3. Haughty or arrogant

Here are all the contributors.

haberdasher
1.starving

Kalleh
2.obsessive

real
3.arrogant, haughty

bethree5
4.Ascetic

haberdasher
5.unmoving, stable

bethree5
6.Awkward; difficult to carry; untenable

Geoff
7. not hungry

bethree5
8.Unified

Geoff
9.Glib

Geoff
10 fetid-smelling

Don't go getting all fastuous about it, Bob!

Damn. I was so looking forward to saying "Hey, put those fastuous socks straight into the laundry!"

Hmm. Excellent word, I think we all agree. well done, Bob !

I've been saving one for a while. Though it may not be obscure, just old...

Check it out here.

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I heard it on "No Such Thing As A Fish" - a podcast that every single one of you should be listening to.

Well, then, can you come up with a good red herring for us? Unless others know the word also.

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I've been saving one for a while. Though it may not be obscure, just old...

I've replied.