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.

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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