fluster
noun/ˈflʌstə(r)/
/ˈflʌstər/
[singular] (British English)- a state of being nervous and confused
- in a fluster to be in a terrible fluster
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘make slightly drunk’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Icelandic flaustra ‘hurry, bustle’.Definitions on the go
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