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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