Tristness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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