Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- the state of being disconcerted; confusion; embarrassment.
- frustration of hopes or plans.
- Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
mid-14c., from Old French desconfiture “rout, defeat” (12c.; Modern French déconfiture), from desconfit (see discomfit).
noun
mid-14c., from Old French desconfiture “rout, defeat” (12c.; Modern French déconfiture), from desconfit (see discomfit).