Etymology

fluster

flust·er
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Today it means: To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse. Full definition →

Middle English *flostren
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  1. Middle English · inherited from*flostren
  2. English todayfluster

The verb is probably from Middle English *flostren (implied in flostring, flostrynge (“agitation; blustering”)) from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language; compare Icelandic flaustra (“to bustle”), flaustr (“a bustle; a hurry”). Compare Old English flustrian (“to weave, plait, braid”). The noun is derived from the verb.

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