单词 | discomfiture |
释义 | discomfituren. 1. Defeat in battle, overthrow, rout. Now somewhat rare.Later evidence may show contextual uses of sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > [noun] confusionc1290 scomfit13.. cumber1303 discomfitc1330 scomfitingc1333 discomfiturea1400 scomfiturea1400 discomfitingc1405 overthrowc1440 male journey1455 overset1456 foilc1478 discomforture1485 supprise1488 reversea1529 distrage?1548 loss1548 defeat1553 underdeal1553 discomfort1589 defeatment1598 defeature1598 rufflec1600 defeatance1608 routa1616 Caudine Forks1619 disrout1623 conviction1631 bang1644 derout1644 conquest1677 drubbing1769 check1793 thrashing1797 sauve-qui-peut1815 debacle1847 smash1888 pasting1942 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [noun] fallOE confusionc1290 discomfiturea1400 castc1400 overthrowc1440 confoundinga1450 jeofail1546 prostitution1567 lurch1584 worsting1607 unhorsing1608 supplantation1617 defeat1676 overset1789 punishment1811 overthrowal1862 beating1883 unhorsement1884 whoop-ass1974 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] mazec1300 discomfiturea1400 delusiona1513 disappointing1533 disappointment1577 disappoint1642 heart-scald1888 dust and ashes1902 a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) l. 223 (MED) Of þat discomfitoure [a1475 Harl. discomfeture] ne wyst he nouȝt. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1861 Soothly, ther was no disconfiture For fallyng nys nat but an auenture. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 56 When he come fra þe descomfiture of his enmys. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 14212 Moddred ne myghte in bataille dure, But euere was at desconfiture [?a1400 Petyt was disconfeture]. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. viii. sig. Bijv After the desconfiture, hanybal..dyde doo serche the felde. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xxi. 214 Þe equis and Wolschis wald supersede þare batall na langare bot quhil þe recent doloure of þare last discomfitoure war ourepast. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 59 Sad tidings bring I..Of losse, of slaughter, and discomfiture . View more context for this quotation 1659 R. Brathwait Panthalia 255 (heading) How Charicles after his discomfiture at Reus-Court..was in a Pilgrim habit. 1704 S. Wesley Hist. Old Test. in Verse II. cxcv. 443 (heading) He prophecies the Discomfiture of Syria. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. II. v. 84 A few days after the discomfiture of Narvaez, a courier arrived. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 561 What army commanded by a debating club ever escaped discomfiture and disgrace? 1863 Morning Post 13 Aug. 2/3 He cannot refrain from consoling himself by a final might have been for the total route of the Federals and the discomfiture of his heroised general. 1907 C. L. Thomson in A. W. Ward & A. R. Waller Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. (1908) I. xvi. 358 There is the same savage exultation in the discomfiture of the Scots. 1992 A. Keaveney Lucullus v. 84 Seeing their enemy's discomfiture, the jubilant Cyziceans poured out of their city to plunder the Pontic camps. 2. Frustration of plans or hopes; utter disappointment; perplexity, confusion; (now chiefly in weakened sense) unease, embarrassment, discomfort. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] mingingOE riddleOE cumbermentc1300 willa1325 encumbrancec1330 were1338 perplexitya1393 discomfiturea1425 cumbrancec1460 confuse1483 proplexity1487 perplexion?c1500 amazedness?1520 amazement1553 subversion1558 amaze?1560 perplexednessa1586 confusedness1587 puzzle1599 confusion1600 mizmaze1604 discomfita1616 embarras1627 obfuscation1628 mystery1629 confoundedness1641 puzzledness1662 confuseness1710 puzzlement1731 puzzledom1748 embarrassment1751 puzzleation1767 bepuzzlement1806 conjecture1815 mystification1817 bewilderment1819 perplexment1826 fuddle1827 wilderment1830 discomforture1832 head-scratching1832 baffle1843 posement1850 muddlement1857 turbidity1868 fogging1878 bemuddlement1884 harl1889 befuddlement1905 turbidness1906 wuzziness1942 perplexability1999 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > opposition of plans, frustrating fruster1488 frustrationa1575 discomfita1616 frustrating1640 thwarting1825 discomfiture1828 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] > action or quality of upsetting sturbing?c1225 sturblingc1330 troublingc1340 perturbationa1382 oversettinga1398 stroublinga1400 perturbancec1425 unresting?c1450 inquieting1527 disquieting1535 disquietment1606 discomfita1616 rufflement1806 discomfiture1885 upsettingness1922 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 254 No thyng may so moch hir plese As..whan she seeth discomfiture Vpon ony worthy man falle. ?1477 Chaucer's Anelida & Arcite (Caxton) For in this world nys creature Wakyng in more discumfiture Than I. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xx. sig. g.vv Yet after all heuynesse, penaunce, and dysconfyture She reioysed in soule. 1598 E. Ford Parismus xxvi. sig. Dd3 He greatlie excelled in constancie, the fickle and wandering thoughts of diuerse, which are discouraged from persisting in their first resolutions, for euerie small discomfiture. 1675 R. Allestree Art Contentm. x. 182 That accursed thing which has caused our discomfeiture. 1718 ‘J. P’ Two Disc. sig. C3 How the Drooping and Discomfitures of the Saints can be consistent with the Abode of the Comforter with Them? 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 52 The triumphs of a true feminine heart are short upon these discomfitures. 1828 Marly: Planter's Life in Jamaica 79 To rely upon promises..would end in regret and discomfiture. 1885 H. Dunckley in Manch. Examiner 23 Mar. 6/1 A ripple of laughter follows the discomfiture of his questioner. 1950 D. Welch Voice through Cloud xii. 104 I lay back laughing to cover up my discomfiture. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xvii. 527 At this point, to my great discomfiture, I begin to cry. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] clakec1000 wemming1100 hurt?c1225 un-i-soundc1275 breach1398 wrethec1400 discomfiture1599 tort1632 personal injury1653 punishment1811 insult1903 sports injury1932 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. Aa3v If thy lungs have tane discomfiture By slie assault of Rume. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400 |
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