See Also: distichiasis(medicine)
Distichiasis(health)

discomfit (iou) and distichiasis (medicine)


discomfit (iou)



discomfit verb & noun. ME.
[Old French desconfit pa. pple of desconfire (mod. deconfire) from Proto-Romance, from Latin DIS- 2 + conficere put together, destroy, consume, formed as CON- + facere do.]
A. verb trans.
Defeat in battle; beat, rout. arch. ME.
Baffle, thwart, defeat the plans, hopes, or purposes of; throw into confusion, disconcert, embarrass. LME.
R. Sharrock Not impeded by those wants that usually discomfit private persons in such enquiries. W. Styron He seemed flustered, discomfited.
B. noun. Discomfiture. ME-M19.
discomfiter noun E16.

distichiasis (medicine)


distichiasis


A congenital, abnormal, accessory row of eyelashes.

Origin: G. Di-double, + stichos, row