Tristness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of tristeness. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "Beneath the snowy turban, which adorns her head, what pathos seems to dress her brows; what silent, yet what speaking, tristness, highly touched!"

Example

More examples

"Beneath the snowy turban, which adorns her head, what pathos seems to dress her brows; what silent, yet what speaking, tristness, highly touched!"

Etymology

From trist + -ness.

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