fluster
fluster is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. Macaulay.
- 2.To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. South.
- 3.Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. Macaulay called?
- What is to be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. South called?
- What is heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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