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flusteration

flusteration noun: the state of being flustered; agitation.

Noun

flusteration (countable and uncountable, plural flusterations)

  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

Forms of flusteration

pluralflusterations

Origin of flusteration

From fluster + -ation.

Questions about flusteration

What does flusteration mean?
Flusteration means the state of being flustered; agitation.
What part of speech is flusteration?
Flusteration is a noun.
What is the plural of flusteration?
The plural of flusteration is flusterations.

Words near flusteration in the dictionary

  1. fluster
  2. flusterate
  3. flusterated
  4. flusterates
  5. flusterating
  6. flusteration
  7. flusterations
  8. flustered
  9. flusteredly
  10. flusteredness
  11. flusterer

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