There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
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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