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tristesse

noun

Etymology

From Middle English trestesse, tristes, tristesce, tristesse, tristice, from Middle French tristesse.

  1. derived from tristesse
  2. inherited from trestesse

Definitions

  1. sadness

    • The robot let out a long heartfelt sigh of impassioned tristesse and sank reluctantly away from the ceiling.
    • “The peculiar resonance of his postcoital tristesse, for example.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA