disappointment English · revision 10549

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1604|origins=en disappoint}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌdɪs.əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is either [[bor|fr|désappointement]] or a native formation from [[disappoint]] and [[-ment]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The frustration or failure of a hope or expectation: 1604 in Merriam-Webster,^(MWU 2024) 1614 in the OED, the 1610s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The feeling of being disappointed is from 1756,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and a person or thing that disappoints from 1756 in Etymonline, 1765 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1604 – frustration of hope.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1756 – the feeling of being disappointed.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1765 – a thing that disappoints.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The feeling of sadness when a hope or expectation is not met.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of disappointing.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A person or thing that [[disappoint|alt=disappoints]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[disappoint]]

+ * [[appoint]]

+ * [[appointment]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}