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• thriste — adj. == bold. O. and N. 758. AS. þrist …   Oldest English Words

• tristeza — [tris tā′zə] n. [Port, sorrow < L tristitia < tristis, sad; akin to OE thriste, bold, shameless: from the sorry appearance of diseased trees] a viral disease of citrus trees, usually transmitted on the graft of a sour orange rootstock and… …   English World dictionary

• TRISTE — adj. sad, melancholy, dreary. Etymology: F f. L tristis * * * ˈtrēst adjective Etymology: Middle English trist, triste, from Middle French triste, from Latin tristis; perhaps akin to Old English thrist, thriste bold, brazen, shameless, Old High… …   Useful english dictionary