scomfit
English
Alternative forms
- scomfyte (14th-16th centuries)
Etymology
Clipping of discomfit.
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, “xxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV::
- For now here was one knyȝt scomfyte x knyghtes
Noun
scomfit (uncountable)