aflutter

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) Fluttering.
 * 2) * 1888,, “King Gall” in uncredited editor, Poems and Ballads of Young Ireland, Dublin: M.H. Gill, p.43,
 * They will not hush, the leaves a-flutter round me—the beech leaves old
 * 1) Filled or covered (with something that flutters).
 * 2) In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
 * 3) * 1930, and, , ActIII, in Burns Mantle (ed.), The Best Plays of 1930-31, New York: Dodd, Mead, 1931, p.144,
 * 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.
 * 1) In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
 * 2) * 1930, and, , ActIII, in Burns Mantle (ed.), The Best Plays of 1930-31, New York: Dodd, Mead, 1931, p.144,
 * 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.
 * 1) In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
 * 2) * 1930, and, , ActIII, in Burns Mantle (ed.), The Best Plays of 1930-31, New York: Dodd, Mead, 1931, p.144,
 * 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.
 * 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

 * Finnish:, täpinä
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Portuguese: tremulante
 * Spanish: