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flustered, ppl. a.|ˈflʌstəd|
[f. fluster v.]
1. Half-drunk, fuddled.
1615E. Hoby Curry-combe i. 11 Yet as flustred as hee was..hee could text her with Labia Sacerdotis custodiunt sapientiam. 1710Steele Tatler No. 3 ⁋1 A Young Nobleman who came flustered into the Box last Night. 1824Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Capt. Jackson, You got flustered without knowing whence; tipsy upon words. 1824Scott Redgauntlet xiii, Becoming early what bon vivants term flustered. 1889Barrère & Leland Slang, Flustered (common) intoxicated.
2. Confused, disconcerted, flurried.
1743Fielding J. Wild ii. v, Heartfree..was..too much flustered to examine the woman with sufficient art. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xxx. (1824) 699 My lord..seemed very much flustered. 1863Mrs. C. Clarke Shaks. Char. xv. 377 A vivid picture of a flustered man.
3. dial. (See quot.)
1876Whitby Gloss., Fluster'd, reddened or irritated..said of the feet. |