Pâte de cerises

Jul 20, 2008

The prefix "ent" in German often signifies a taking-away or removal; I thus find it somewhat amusing that Enttäuschung means "disappointment". The Täuschungen whisked away are: deceptions.

Oddly, one of the definitions of "decipere" in my ancient miniature Latin dictionary is "disappoint". Lewis & Short write of one use of it Of inanimate objects: exspectationibus decipiendis, so.