Trist

//tɹɪst// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Trust, faith. obsolete
  2. 2
    A set station in hunting. obsolete
  3. 3
    (secret meeting). obsolete

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To trust, have faith in. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of triste (“sad; sorrowful; gloomy”). alt-of, alternative

    "A bitter ſorrow by the hart him bit, / Amas’d, aſham’d, diſgras’d, ſad, ſilent, triſt, [...]"

Synonyms

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atrabiliaryatrabiliousblackbleakblithelessblue

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Apparently related to trust.

Etymology 2

From Old French triste. Compare tryst.

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