dis・com・fit /dskmft, -k()m- ｜ dskmft, -km-/ vt. 1 たじろがせる (baffle); まごつかせる, 当惑させる (disconcert). ・He was discomfited at being seen by someone. だれかに見られたのでまごついた. 2 〈人〉の計画[目的]を覆す, 裏をかく; 〈計画などを〉覆す. 3 《古》 打ち破る, 負かす (defeat). n. 《古》 敗北 (defeat). 〜・er /- ｜ -t^（ｒ/ n. 《?a1200》 ← OF desconfit defeated (p.p.) ← desconfire ← DIS-^１＋confire to make (＜ L conficere: cf. confect)