disconcertion
(dɪskənˈsɜːʃən)
[irreg. f. disconcert v.; after etymological formations like insert, insertion.]
The action of disconcerting, or the condition of being disconcerted; confusion.
(‘Disconcertion has the authority of Mr. Curran’ R.)
| [Not in J. or Todd.] 1794 St. Trials, Hamilton Rowan (R.), If I could entertain a hope of finding refuge for the disconcertion of my mind in the perfect composure of yours. 1816 J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) 31 No embarrassment is discoverable; neither disconcertion nor anger takes place. 1881 Mem. G. Thomson xii. 176 To his still greater disconcertion [he] was asked to make a speech. |