The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trist \Trist\, a. [F. triste, L. tristis.]
Sad; sorrowful; gloomy. [Obs.]
--Fairfax.
Trist \Trist\, n. [See Tryst.]
Trust. [Obs.]
A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.-
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 \Trist\, v. t. & i. [imp. Triste.]
To trust. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sorrowful," early 15c., from French triste "sad, sadness" (10c.), from Latin tristis "sad, mournful, sorrowful, gloomy." Re-borrowed late 18c. (as "dull, uninteresting") as a French word in English and often spelled triste.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context obsolete English) trust, faith. vb. (context obsolete English) To trust, have faith in. Etymology 2
n. (label en obsolete) A set station in hunting. Etymology 3
(context obsolete English) sad; sorrowful; gloomy
Wikipedia
Trist may refer to:
- David Trist (born 1947), a New Zealand cricketer
- Eric Trist (1909-1993), a British scientist
- Nicholas Trist (1800-1874), an American diplomat
- Browse Trist, English MP
Usage examples of "trist".
I could even see that, as a future commander, Spink might have to learn to bend his will to accommodate the real conditions of life while Trist might have to curb his own satisfaction with himself lest it lead him into prideful risks for the men under his command.
I liked them both, Spink for his ethics and earnestness and Trist for his elegance and sophistication.
At first I thought Trist was announcing it aloud just to irritate Spink further.
Despite the chafing between Spink and Trist, we became, all told, a tightly knit group, just as our officers had intended we be.
His hair was plastered to his head, the bed cover was wet, and there was Trist, his beautiful coat sticking up in wet clumps.
Trist had eaten two bites from her fingers, stretched, and mewled softly in his throat, and shoved her hand away with his paw.
Trist mewled but remained on her shoulder, wrapping himself now around her neck.