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comfort

noun
/ˈkʌm.fət/UK/ˈkʊm.fət//ˈkʌm.fɚt/US

Etymology

From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).

  1. derived from con-
  2. derived from confortō
  3. derived from conforter
  4. inherited from comforten

Definitions

  1. Contentment, ease.

    • Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
    • How often is the comfort of a whole family abridged by some trifling circumstance, that ought not to have made a visible impression!

  2. Something that offers comfort.

    • Coordinate term: glimmer (2020s, neologism; a happy moment)
    • the comforts of home

  3. A consolation

    A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.

    • We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A cause of relief or satisfaction.

      • The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.

    2. To relieve the distress or suffering of

      To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.

      • Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
      • Shew me a token foꝛ good, that they which hate me may ſee it, and bee aſhamed: becauſe thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comfoꝛted me.
      • Light, above all things, excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.

    3. To make strong

      To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

      • God's own testimony […] doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.

    4. To assist or help

      To assist or help; to aid.

      • I […] cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!

    5. A surname.

    6. A female given name.

    7. A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

The neighborhood

Derived

cold comfort, comfortability, comfortable, comfortative, comfort break, comfort-eat, comfort eating, comfortfic, comfort fic, comfort food, comfortful, comfort girl, comfortize, comfortless, comfort letter, comfortment, comfort noise, comfort room, comfortsome, comfort station, comfort stone, comfort stop, comfort tone, comfortwear, comfort woman, comfort zone, creature comfort, discomfort, Dutch comfort, Job's comfort, Lawson comfort criterion, letter of comfort, lip comfort, miscomfort, thermal comfort, too close for comfort, uncomfort, comforter, comforting

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at comfort. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01comfort02contentment03satisfied04available05readily06easily07discomfort

A definitional loop anchored at comfort. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at comfort

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA