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disappoint
early 15c., from M.Fr.
desappointer
"undo the appointment, remove from office," from
des-
"dis" +
appointer
"appoint." Modern sense of "to frustrate expectations" (late 15c.) is from secondary meaning of "fail to keep an appointment."
