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discomfiture

dis·com·fi·ture

UK/dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃə(ɹ)/ US/dɪsˈkʊmfɪtʃə/ uncommon obsolete

noun

Origin

From Old French desconfiture (“rout, defeat”); compare French déconfiture.

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