discomfit
11discomfit — UK [dɪsˈkʌmfɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms discomfit : present tense I/you/we/they discomfit he/she/it discomfits present participle discomfiting past tense discomfited past participle discomfited literary to make someone feel embarrassed …
12discomfit — verb a) To defeat completely; to rout. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. b) To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate. In these disguises, Maitland argued, he would certainly avoid recognition, and so… …
13discomfit — See discomfort, discomfit, discomfiture …
14discomfit — [14] The underlying etymological sense of discomfit is ‘destroy’. It comes from desconfit, the past participle of Old French desconfire ‘defeat’; this in turn was a descendant of Vulgar Latin *disconficere ‘destroy, undo’, a compound verb formed… …
15discomfit — , discomfort In this she is greatly assisted by her husband... who enjoys spreading discomfiture in a good cause as much as she does (Observer). The writer here, like many before him, clearly meant discomfort, which has nothing in common with… …
16discomfit — [14] The underlying etymological sense of discomfit is ‘destroy’. It comes from desconfit, the past participle of Old French desconfire ‘defeat’; this in turn was a descendant of Vulgar Latin *disconficere ‘destroy, undo’, a compound verb formed… …
17discomfit, discomfort — In this she is greatly assisted by her husband ... who enjoys spreading discomfiture in a good cause as much as she does (Observer). The writer here, like many before him, clearly meant discomfort, which has nothing in common with… …
18discomfit, discomfort — In this she is greatly assisted by her husband ... who enjoys spreading discomfiture in a good cause as much as she does (Observer). The writer here, like many before him, clearly meant discomfort, which has nothing in common with… …
19discomfit — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French descumfit, past participle of descumfire, from des dis + cumfire to prepare more at comfit Date: 13th century 1. a. archaic to defeat in battle b. to frustrate the plans of ; thwart …
20discomfit — discomfiter, n. /dis kum fit/, v.t. 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. n. 4. Archaic.… …
