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▪ I. † ˈtristful, a.1 Obs. rare—1.
In 5 trystefull.
[f. trist n.1 + -ful 1.]
Trustworthy: = trustful a. 1.
c1440York Myst. xxv. 514 Hayll! talker trystefull of trew tales!
▪ II. tristful, a.2 arch.|ˈtrɪstfʊl|
Also 5 trystefull.
[f. trist a.2 + -ful 1.]
Full of sadness; sad, sorrowful; dreary, dismal: cf. trist a.2
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. ii. (W. de W. 1495) 180 b/1 Entryng in his hermytage he founde hym trystefull and sore to the deth. c1500Melusine 305 That message was the cause of the trystefull doleur of the departyng of his wyf. 1602Shakes. Ham. iii. iv. 50 This solidity and compound masse, With tristfull visage as against the doome, Is thought-sicke at the act. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VIII. lv. 251 How will thy tristful visage be illuminated by it! 1880Browning Dram. Idylls Ser. ii. Pietro of Abano xxi, Then did Peter's tristful visage lighten somewhat.
Hence ˈtristfully adv.; ˈtristfulness.
1847in Webster. 1880W. Watson Prince's Quest (1892) 31 The day, begun Tristfully, trailed an ever wearier wing. 1909Hardy Time's Laughingstocks 152 In the bearing of each a passive tristfulness. 1914C. Mackenzie Sinister Street II. iv. ii. 877 For a whim of tristfulness, for the luxury of consummating the ineffable depression the house created in him. |