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