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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 1530 in Eng., probably by confusion with
discomfort
(q.v.).
