triste
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English trist, triste (-e form is less common), borrowed from Old French trist, triste,[1] from Latin trīstis (“sad, sorrowful”). Re-borrowed late 18c. (as “dull, uninteresting”) as a French word in English and often spelled triste.[2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
triste (comparative more triste, superlative most triste)
- (rare) Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.
- Synonyms: miserable, unhappy; see also Thesaurus:sad
- 1877, R. Elton Smilie, chapter XXIX, in The Manatitlans; or A Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derécho, Imprenta De Razon, pages 399–400:
- He said, he wanted them to take us to Heraclea that we might be educated so that we would be always good, and could be present with him and mamma although absent in body, which would keep them from feeling sad and lonely. But we could see that mamma and he were very, very triste. This made us sorry. So he talked to us of all you had written of the happiness of the people here, because they were truly good and pure in their love toward each other, without selfish concealments; then we were glad and wanted to be with you.
Derived terms
References
- “trist(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “OF trist & triste.”
- Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “trist”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- “triste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “triste”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “triste”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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