Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TRIST
Etymology 1
Noun
trist (plural trists)
(obsolete) Trust, faith.
Verb
trist (third-person singular simple present trists, present participle tristing, simple past and past participle tristed)
(obsolete) To trust, have faith in.
Etymology 2
Noun
trist (plural trists)
(obsolete) A set station in hunting.
(obsolete, form of tryst) (secret meeting).
Etymology 3
Adjective
trist (comparative more trist, superlative most trist)
(obsolete) sad; sorrowful; gloomy
Anagrams
• trits
Source: Wiktionary
Trist, v. t. & i. [imp. Triste.]
Definition: To trust. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Trist, n. Etym: [See Tryst.]
1. Trust. [Obs.]
2. A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. A secret meeting, or the place of such meeting; a tryst. See Tryst. [Obs.] George Douglas caused a trist to be set between him and the cardinal and four lords; at the which trist he and the cardinal agreed finally. Letter dated Sept., 1543.
Trist, a. Etym: [F. triste, L. tristis.]
Definition: Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.] Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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