Category:Fluster

Flus"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flustering.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered, flaustr a fluster.]

Defn: 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.

fluster Flus"ter, v. i.

Defn: To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. South.

fluster Flus"ter, n.

Defn: Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.