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fluster

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flus⋅ter

  [fluhs-ter]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
2. to excite and confuse with drink.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become agitatedly confused.
–noun
4. nervous excitement or confusion.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME flostren; cf. bluster, ON flaustra to hurry

Synonyms:
1. upset, bewilder, disconcert, disturb. 4. turmoil, agitation, upset, bewilderment, distraction.
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flus·ter   (flŭs'tər)   
tr. & intr.v.   flus·tered, flus·ter·ing, flus·ters
To make or become nervous or upset.
n.  A state of agitation, confusion, or excitement.

[From Middle English flostring, agitation, probably of Scandinavian origin; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

fluster 
1422 (implied in flostyrynge), from a Scand. source (cf. Icel. flaustr "bustle," flaustra "to bustle"). Originally "to excite," especially with drink; sense of "to flurry, confuse" is from 1724.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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