Miscomfort

//mɪsˈkʌmfə(ɹ)t// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Discomfort archaic, countable, uncountable

    "I claim George, that the cause of all this miscomfort and suffrage that has befallen you and I and millions in this world, is due to this spirit of egoism that has possessed the hearts of those men who are at the head of affairs like this road and other kinds of industries that give employment."

Verb
  1. 1
    Discomfort. archaic

    "Therfore fayre felawes fyghte frely to morowe & myscomforte yow noughte for ony knyȝt though he be the best knyght in the world he maye not haue adoo with vs alle. "Therefore, fair fellows, fight freely to-morrow, and miscomfort you nought; for any knight, though he be the best knight in the world, he may not have ado with us all.""

Example

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"I claim George, that the cause of all this miscomfort and suffrage that has befallen you and I and millions in this world, is due to this spirit of egoism that has possessed the hearts of those men who are at the head of affairs like this road and other kinds of industries that give employment."

Etymology

From Middle English miscomfort, miscumfort, misconfort, equivalent to mis- + comfort.

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