Dictionary entry

Fluster

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Flus″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Flustered; p. pr. & vb. n.Flustering.] [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered, flaustr a fluster.] 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.