flutist

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: flut=ist

CIDE DICTIONARY

flutist, n. [Cf. F. flûtiste.].

•  A performer on the flute; a flautist.  Busby.  [1913 Webster]
•  To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail flutters in the wind; a fluttering fan.  [1913 Webster]
•  To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show, without much result.  [1913 Webster]

  " No rag, no scrap, of all the beau, or wit,
  That once so fluttered, and that once so writ."  [1913 Webster]
•  To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to flucttuate; to be uncertainty.  [1913 Webster]

  " Long we fluttered on the wings of doubtful success."  [1913 Webster]

  " His thoughts are very fluttering and wandering."  [1913 Webster]