Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beflutter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-flut-ter
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To flutter around or about.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause to flutter; fluster.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"“Yes, my Lady,” answered the abigail; “only your Ladyship has quite befluttered me; I'm not drist to appear before your Ladyship.”"
"But I hate to leave you in rusty black, poring over these musty folios, and making all those dreadful rounds, squares, and triangles — those necromancing hideous figures, for hours together, while I am befluttering myself, [...]"
"I wish it may be any of their fortunes when between forty and forty-five they have been foolish enough to beflutter their spirits and senses with notions of second boyhood, [...]"

Etymology

From be- + flutter.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Inflected Forms

beflutters (present, singular) befluttering (participle, present) befluttered (participle, past) befluttered (past)

Questions

What does beflutter mean?: To flutter around or about.
Where does beflutter come from?: From be- + flutter.

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