🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

agitation

Pronunciation / Transliteration: agitation

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bustle/ˈbʌs.əl/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il aime l'agitation de la ville."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Excited activity and movement.

    "He got away from the hustle and bustle of the city."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from late 16th-century roots of uncertain origin, possibly related to obsolete verb 'busk' meaning to prepare or hurry. The term evolved to describe agitated activity, and later specifically a padded undergarment used to add fullness to the back of women's dresses in the 19th century.

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