Bustling
/ˈbʌs.lɪŋ/noun
Full of energetic, noisy, and busy activity.
Did you know?“Bustle” entered English with the sense of energetic movement, and its deeper history is tangled with words for forceful rushing and pushing, not calm productivity.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bheu-
“to be, become, grow”
Old English
OE
bystian
“to be active or busy”
Middle English
ME
bustlen
“to be busy, move about briskly”
16th Century
English
bustle
“to move or act in a busy, energetic way”
Modern English
English
bustling
“moving or full of lively activity”
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