DISCOMFIT


Meaning of DISCOMFIT in English

v.tr. (discomfited, discomfiting)

1. a disconcert or baffle. b thwart.

2 archaic defeat in battle.

Derivatives:

discomfiture n.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.