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Discomfiting

//dɪsˈkʌmfɪtɪŋ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to discomfit (“embarrass greatly; upset the composure of, disconcert”).

    "O I am deadly ſick!—reach me that thing, boy—'tis the moſt diſcomfiting ſickness— [...]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of discomfit form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From discomfit + -ing.

Etymology 2

From discomfit + -ing.

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