scomfit
English
editAlternative forms
edit- scomfyte (14th-16th centuries)
Etymology
editVerb
editscomfit (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
editscomfit (uncountable)