flutterern.
/ˈflʌt(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈflədərər/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer
striker1393
roamerc1400
wandererc1440
whirlerc1440
gangrela1450
fluttererc1450
straggler1530
gadlinga1542
ranger1560
rover1568
fugitive1570
rangler1575
fleeter1581
extravagant1583
scatterling1590
vagranta1592
rambler1624
erratic1669
stravaiger1821
multivagant1895
c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 845 Of scoler, of flotterer, or of passyngere.
2. One who or that which flutters, literal and figurative; †a flirt. Rarely in transitive sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person
demurrer1533
hanger1536
staggerer1552
hobbler1575
tennis ball1589
waverer1597
halter1608
suspender1625
waver1667
fluttererc1726
oscillator1798
pendulum1818
shilly-shallyer1832
shilly-shally1834
wobbler1837
hesitater1853
dilly-dallier1880
vacillator1890
haverer1947
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > fluttering or flickering > one who or that which flutters
flutterer1839
c1726 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 133 I looked upon him as a flutterer, and was at a loss to know what his intentions were.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. iii. 12 A man of morals, was worth a thousand of such gay flutterers.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiv. 120 Dingy, ill-plumed, drowsy flutterers.
1882 Harper's Mag. Sept. 588 She watched the boat until the handkerchief flutterer was no longer seen.
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