triest

See also: Triest

English

Etymology

try +‎ -est

Verb

triest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of try
- Bible, Psalms
  If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.

Anagrams

Sitter, Strite, Tetris, sitter, streit, tirest, titers, titres, tretis, triste

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin tristis; compare French triste.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

triest (comparative triester, superlative meest triest or triestst)

pitiful
sad

Inflection

Inflection of triest
uninflected	triest
inflected	trieste
comparative	triester
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		triest	triester	het triestst het triestste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	trieste	triestere	triestste
	n. sing.	triest	triester	triestste
	plural	trieste	triestere	triestste
definite		trieste	triestere	triestste
partitive		triests	triesters	—

Synonyms

See also

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