† ˈscomfiture Obs.
Forms: 4 scomfitour, 5 scom-, skomfiture, -fyture, -fytour, -fertour, scumfetore.
[Shortened f. discomfiture.]
Discomfiture, defeat.
| 13.. Guy Warw. 5235 Wel gret it was þe scomfitour. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1561 Skilfulle skomfyture he skiftez as hym lykez. c 1450 Brut 439 But God was lord and maistir of that victorie and scomfiture. c 1471 in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 278 When the comens the skomfertour did understonde, Thay seuyd owte freshly, thay kepud none araye. a 1513 Fabyan's Chron. v. cxi. 84 He made a newe voyage ageyne theym, & made of theym a nother scomfiture. |