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Scomfit
Scom′fit
(skŭm′fĭy)
, Noun.
& Verb.
Discomfit.
[Obs.]
Definition 2024
scomfit
scomfit
English
Alternative forms
- scomfyte (14th-16th centuries)
Verb
scomfit (third-person singular simple present scomfits, present participle scomfiting, simple past and past participle scomfit or scomfited)
- (obsolete) To defeat, vanquish.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xxj, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV:
- For now here was one knyȝt scomfyte x knyghtes
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xxj, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV:
Noun
scomfit (uncountable)
- (obsolete) discomfiture