Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-COM'FIT-URE
DIS-COM'FIT-URE, n.
- Rout; defeat in battle; dispersion; overthrow. Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. – 1 Sam. xiv.
- Defeat; frustration; disappointment.
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