discomfitern.

Brit.

/dɪˈskʌmfᵻtə/, U.S.

/dɪˈskəmfədər/, Scottish English

/dɪˈskʌmfᵻtər/

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 discomfatour, pre-1700 discomfeitour; 1800s– discomfiter.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discomfit v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < discomfit v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Old French desconfitour (end of the 12th cent.), Middle French desconfiseur (a1358). Compare earlier scomfiter n.With the Older Scots forms compare -or suffix.

Originally Scottish.

A person who or thing which discomfits someone or something.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > victor or conqueror > [noun]

masterc1230

conqueror1307

victora1340

overcomerc1350

scomfitera1400

vanquisher1474

vainquer1481

conquestora1513

dauntera1522

overwhelmera1522

discomfiter1528

overwinner1535

cock1542

victorer1553

triumphant1562

triumphera1569

vanquer1570

Tamerlane?1572

defeater1582

vanqueror1583

triumphator1611

conquesor1641

conquestora1670

debellator1713

reconqueror1777

subjugator1795

conquistador1830

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] > cause of > one causing

stroublerc1460

molester1569

discomfiter1807

terror1876

villain1895

sidewinder1906

trouble-maker1923

stirrer1963

1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 569 The Martyris war as nobyll stalwart Knychtis,—Discomfatouris of creuell battellis thre, The flesche, the warld, the feind.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 21^v Of Italie siclik discomfeitour.

1807 Crit. Rev. Mar. 244 Sallust..is said not to have honoured Cicero, the discomfiter of Catiline's intrigues.

1820 H. H. Milman Fall Jerusalem 89 What birth So meet and fitting for the great Discomfiter?

1886 Sat. Rev. 24 Apr. 571/1 The discomfiter of Mr. Chamberlain.

1908 A. C. Gordon Robin Aroon v. 172 Mrs. Wiley Jones, daughter of a governor and the later verbal discomfiter of Colonel Banastre Tarleton.

1979 Jrnl. Amer. Stud. 13 256 It is only logical to take into account that constant discomfiter of American equanimity, poor black-white race relations.

2003 P. Reilly Dark Landscape of Mod. Fiction ix. 172 She takes too high a place at the table and is predictably demoted. Her discomfiter is appropriately named Mary Grace.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	discomfiter
释义	discomfitern. Brit. /dɪˈskʌmfᵻtə/, U.S. /dɪˈskəmfədər/, Scottish English /dɪˈskʌmfᵻtər/ Forms: Scottish pre-1700 discomfatour, pre-1700 discomfeitour; 1800s– discomfiter. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discomfit v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < discomfit v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Old French desconfitour (end of the 12th cent.), Middle French desconfiseur (a1358). Compare earlier scomfiter n.With the Older Scots forms compare -or suffix. Originally Scottish. A person who or thing which discomfits someone or something. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > victor or conqueror > [noun] masterc1230 conqueror1307 victora1340 overcomerc1350 scomfitera1400 vanquisher1474 vainquer1481 conquestora1513 dauntera1522 overwhelmera1522 discomfiter1528 overwinner1535 cock1542 victorer1553 triumphant1562 triumphera1569 vanquer1570 Tamerlane?1572 defeater1582 vanqueror1583 triumphator1611 conquesor1641 conquestora1670 debellator1713 reconqueror1777 subjugator1795 conquistador1830 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] > cause of > one causing stroublerc1460 molester1569 discomfiter1807 terror1876 villain1895 sidewinder1906 trouble-maker1923 stirrer1963 1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 569 The Martyris war as nobyll stalwart Knychtis,—Discomfatouris of creuell battellis thre, The flesche, the warld, the feind. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 21^v Of Italie siclik discomfeitour. 1807 Crit. Rev. Mar. 244 Sallust..is said not to have honoured Cicero, the discomfiter of Catiline's intrigues. 1820 H. H. Milman Fall Jerusalem 89 What birth So meet and fitting for the great Discomfiter? 1886 Sat. Rev. 24 Apr. 571/1 The discomfiter of Mr. Chamberlain. 1908 A. C. Gordon Robin Aroon v. 172 Mrs. Wiley Jones, daughter of a governor and the later verbal discomfiter of Colonel Banastre Tarleton. 1979 Jrnl. Amer. Stud. 13 256 It is only logical to take into account that constant discomfiter of American equanimity, poor black-white race relations. 2003 P. Reilly Dark Landscape of Mod. Fiction ix. 172 She takes too high a place at the table and is predictably demoted. Her discomfiter is appropriately named Mary Grace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528
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