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verb (used with object)
1.
to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
2.
to frustrate the plans of; thwart; foil.
3.
Archaic. to defeat utterly; rout: The army was discomfited in every battle.
noun
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Archaic. rout; defeat.
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Discomfited
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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Anglo-French descunfit, Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire, equivalent to des- dis-1 + confire to make, accomplish < Latin conficere; see confect
1175–1225; Middle English < Anglo-French descunfit, Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire, equivalent to des- dis-1 + confire to make, accomplish < Latin conficere; see confect
Related forms
dis·com·fit·er, noun
un·dis·com·fit·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. discompose, embarrass, disturb.
1. discompose, embarrass, disturb.
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discomfit
early 13c., from O.Fr. desconfit, pp. of desconfire "to defeat, destroy," from des- "not" + confire "make, prepare, accomplish." Weaker sense of "disconcert" is first recorded 1520s in English, probably by confusion with discomfort. Related: Discomfited.
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