scomfit
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- scomfyte (14th-16th centuries)
Etymology edit
Verb edit
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
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun edit
scomfit (uncountable)