tristitiate

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tristitiate

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From Latin tristitia (“sadness”), from tristis (“sad”).

verb tristitiates · tristitiating · tristitiated

obsolete, transitive To sadden. Calamitie doth so much tristitiate, as that he neuer sees the flashes of some warming ioy
Similar: attrist, contristate, aggrieve, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain, bring down, come down on, darken, dash

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@misc{tristitiate_2026,
  title = {tristitiate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tristitiate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}