Fluster

v. t. [imp. & p. p. FLUSTERED; p. pr. & vb. n. FLUSTERING.] [Cf. Lat. flustrum, a swell of the sea, Ger. flüstern, flistern, Prov. Ger. flustern, to whisper, to buzz, A-S. flustrian, to plait, to weave, and Eng. bluster.] To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; to confuse; to muddle.

His habit of flustering himself daily with claret. Macaulay.

v. i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. “The flustering, vain-glorious Greeks.” South.