scomfit

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verb

To defeat, vanquish.

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Meanings

verbscomfit (third-person singular simple present scomfits, present participle scomfiting, simple past and past participle scomfit or scomfited)

present singular third person scomfits · participle present scomfiting · participle past scomfited · past scomfited · alternative scomfyte

  1. obsoleteTo defeat, vanquish.

    For now here was one knyȝt scomfyte x knyghtes

    1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV
nounscomfit (uncountable)

alternative scomfyte

  1. obsoleteuncountablediscomfiture

Origin

Clipping of discomfit.

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APA

scomfit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scomfit

MLA

“scomfit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scomfit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scomfit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scomfit.

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