triest

triest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of try
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 29:17:

     I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness.

• streit, Tetris, titers, titres, triset, Strite, tirest, triste, sitter, Sitter, trites, tretis

Ultimately borrowed from Latin tristis; compare French triste.

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triest (comparative triester, superlative meest triest or triestst)

1. pitiful
2. sad

• verdrietig
• tragisch

• droevig
• treurig