flusteration

noun

flusteration

noun

Etymology From fluster + -ation.

1

Colloquial, Dated The state of being flustered; agitation.

Bleſs me! ſaid ſhe, how ſoon theſe fine young Ladies will be put into fluſterations!1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume II, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 178:

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