Both Uses of
discomfit
in
Don Quixote
- Don Quixote, who was not used to dismount without having the stirrup held, fancying that Sancho had by this time come to hold it for him, threw himself off with a lurch and brought Rocinante's saddle after him, which was no doubt badly girthed, and saddle and he both came to the ground; not without discomfiture to him and abundant curses muttered between his teeth against the unlucky Sancho, who had his foot still in the shackles.†
Chpt 2.29-30 *discomfiture = embarrassment or loss of composure
- May thy grandest adventures Discomfitures prove, May thy joys be all dreams, And forgotten thy love.†
Chpt 2.57-58discomfitures = embarrassments or instances of loss of composure
Definition:
cause someone to lose composure or be embarrassed