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Definition of Aflutter
1. Adjective. Excited in anticipation.
Definition of Aflutter
1. adv. & a. In a flutter; agitated.
Definition of Aflutter
1. Adjective. (postpositive) In a state of excited anticipation or confusion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aflutter
1. nervously excited [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aflutter
Literary usage of Aflutter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendious German Grammar by William Dwight Whitney (1870)
"... bie aflutter 80. 1. A few nouns are of this class in the singular and of the
second declension in the plural; a few others have lost an original ending ..."
2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"(They will not hush, the leaves aflutter round me- the beech leaves old.) And now
I wander in the woods Where summer gluts the golden bees, Or in autumnal ..."
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