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"2": "discomfort"
},
"expansion": "discomfort",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire (“to undo, to destroy”), from des- (“completely”), from Latin dis- + confire (“to make”), from Latin conficio (“to finish up, to destroy”), from com- (“with, together”) + facio (“to do, to make”).\nLater sense of “to embarrass, to disconcert” due to confusion with unrelated discomfort.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more discomfit",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most discomfit",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "discomfit (comparative more discomfit, superlative most discomfit)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Discomfited; overthrown."
],
"links": [
[
"Discomfited",
"discomfited"
],
[
"overthrown",
"overthrown"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Discomfited; overthrown."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/"
}
],
"word": "discomfit"
}
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