flusteration
English
Etymology
Noun
flusteration (countable and uncountable, plural flusterations)
- (colloquial, dated) The state of being flustered; agitation.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXVIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume II, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC, page 178:
- Bleſs me! ſaid ſhe, how ſoon theſe fine young Ladies will be put into fluſterations!