tracasn.
Obsolete.
Bustle, hurry, fuss; embarrassment.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss
to-doc1330
adoc1380
great (also much) cry and little woolc1460
feery-fary1535
fray1568
stirc1595
do1598
coil1599
hurl1603
ruffle1609
clutterment1611
buzz1628
bustle1637
paddle1642
racket1644
clutter1652
tracas1656
tracasserie1656
circumference1667
flutter1667
hurly-burly1678
fuss1701
fissle1719
fraise1725
hurry-scurry1753
fix-fax1768
fal-lal1775
widdle1789
touse1792
fuffle1801
going-on1817
hurry and scurry1823
sputter1823
tew1825
Bob's-a-dying1829
fidge1832
tamasha1842
mulling1845
mussing1846
fettling1847
fooster1847
trade1854
scrimmage1855
carry-on1861
fuss-and-feathers1866
on-carry1870
make-a-do1880
miration1883
razzle-dazzle1885
song and dance1885
to get a rustle on1891
tea-party1903
stirabout1905
whoop-de-do1910
chichi1928
production1941
go-go1966
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tracas, much trotting, or hurrying vp and downe; hence also, toyle, trouble, turmoile.]
1656 T. Blount Glossographia (following Cotgrave) Tracas, or Tracasserie.
1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. iv. 35 He then desired of the Emperour to be dismissed into his own Countrey, where he might dye in quiet out of the tracas and noise of the World.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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