defeature

C2+ Topic:Register & Style

US /dɪˈfitʃər/ UK /dɪˈfiːtʃə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
defeat or undoing; disfigurement (archaic)

The general dreaded the army's defeature in the field.

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Synonyms

1 noun · defeat or undoing;... defeat undoing ruin disfigurement downfall

Opposites

victory triumph

Word family

Related forms defeat feature feat

Etymology

From Old French desfaiture ('undoing, ruin'), from desfait ('undone'), past participle of desfaire ('to undo'), from Latin dis- ('un-') + facere ('to do, make'). Archaic.

desfaiture Old French facere Latin *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# defeature

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈfitʃər/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈfiːtʃə/

## Meanings
1. defeat or undoing; disfigurement (archaic)

## Examples
- The general dreaded the army's defeature in the field.

## Synonyms
- defeat
- undoing
- ruin
- disfigurement
- downfall

## Antonyms
- victory
- triumph

## Related Forms
- defeat
- feature
- feat

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: desfaiture
- Root: facere
- Root: *dʰeh₁-

## Etymology
From Old French desfaiture ('undoing, ruin'), from desfait ('undone'), past participle of desfaire ('to undo'), from Latin dis- ('un-') + facere ('to do, make'). Archaic.

## AI Etymology
Defeature is from Old French desfaiture ('undoing, ruin'), from desfait ('undone'), past participle of desfaire ('to undo'), from Latin dis- ('un-') + facere ('to do, make'). Archaic. The ancestry passes through Old French desfaiture, Latin facere, and Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. The prefix dis- often marks separation, reversal, or negation in Latin and English formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as a noun, it means "defeat or undoing; disfigurement (archaic)", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include defeat, feature, and feat.

## Topics
- Register & Style
- General Vocabulary

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