flustrate en · VERB
Etymology
From fluster + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
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(colloquial) To fluster or frustrate.
We were coming down Essex-street one Night a little flustrated, and I was giving him the Word to alarm the Watch
1712 October 5 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “WEDNESDAY, September 25, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 493; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flustrates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| flustrated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| flustrated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| flustrating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |