DISCOMFIT


Meaning of DISCOMFIT in English

v.tr. (discomfited, discomfiting) 1 a disconcert or baffle. b thwart. 2 archaic defeat in battle. discomfiture n.

[ ME f. disconfit f. OF past part. of desconfire f. Rmc (as DIS-, L conficere put together: see CONFECTION) ]

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