different between nonplus vs fluster

English

Etymology

From Latin n?n pl?s (“no more, no further”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?n?pl?s/

Noun

nonplus (plural nonpluses)

1. A state of perplexity or bewilderment.
   • Both of them are a perfect non-plus and baffle to all human understanding.

Verb

nonplus (third-person singular simple present nonplusses or nonpluses, present participle nonplussing or nonplusing, simple past and past participle nonplussed or nonplused)

1. (transitive) to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox

Derived terms

• nonplussed

Translations

English

Etymology

From a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language, akin to Icelandic flaustra (“to be flustered”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?st?/
• Rhymes: -?st?(r)

Verb

fluster (third-person singular simple present flusters, present participle flustering, simple past and past participle flustered)

1. (dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
2. (by extension) To confuse; befuddle; throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.

3. (intransitive) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.

   • the flustring, vain-glorious Greeks

Derived terms

• flustered (adjective)
• flustering (adjective, present participle)

Translations

Noun

fluster (plural flusters)

1. A state of being flustered; overwrought confusion.

Anagrams

• RESTful, fluters, furtles, restful