fluster

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make someone agitated, nervous, or confused

   The unexpected question did not fluster the experienced witness.

2. 2
   noun

   a state of nervous agitation or confusion

   In her fluster, she left the tickets on the kitchen table.

Simplified etymology

Fluster appeared in late Middle English with the senses “excite” and “make slightly drunk.” Its origin is uncertain, but it may be Scandinavian and related to Icelandic flaustra, “hurry” or “bustle.”

Probably from a lost Middle English verb reflected in flostring ("agitation, blustering") and related to Scandinavian forms such as Icelandic flaustra ("to bustle"). The noun developed from the verb.

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