aflutter

== English == === Etymology === From a- +‎ flutter. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈflʌt.ə/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈflʌt.ɚ/ Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ) === Adjective === aflutter (comparative more aflutter, superlative most aflutter) Fluttering. 1888, W. B. Yeats, “King Gall” in uncredited editor, Poems and Ballads of Young Ireland, Dublin: M.H. Gill, p. 43,[2] They will not hush, the leaves a-flutter round me—the beech leaves old Filled or covered (with something that flutters). In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion. 1930, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, Once in a Lifetime, Act III, in Burns Mantle (ed.), The Best Plays of 1930-31, New York: Dodd, Mead, 1931, p. 144,[9] […] in breaks Susan Walker a little more aflutter than usual. The picture is wonderful. Seeing her name in lights is wonderful. Everything is just wonderful. ==== Usage notes ==== Like other adjectives composed of a verb prefixed with a-, this adjective never precedes but always follows the word it modifies. ==== Translations ====