or flustrated, ppl. adj. (old).—Excited by drink, circumstances, another person’s impudence, etc.; also mildly drunk. Cf., FLUSTICATED. For synonyms, see SCREWED.
1686. D’URFEY, A Commonwealth of Women, Prol.
| Another to compleat his daily task, | |
| FLUSTER’D with claret, seizes on a mask. |
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew. FLUSTERED, drunk.
1709. STEELE, Tatler, No. 3. I … therefore take this public occasion to admonish a young Nobleman, who came FLUSTERED into the box last night.
1748. T. DYCHE, A New General English Dictionary (5 ed.). FLUSTERED (a) … somewhat intoxiated with liquor.
1750. FIELDING, Tom Jones, bk. XIV., ch. ix. This latter, though not drunk, began to be somewhat FLUSTERED.
1779. The Mirror, No. 57. All of them FLUSTERED, some of them perfectly intoxicated.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
