trisplanchnic 
trisplanchnic (tri-splangk'nik), o. [< Gr. Tftt-if 
(rpi-), three, + airMyxva, viscera: see gplnncli- 
nic.] Pertaining to the viscera of the three 
great cavities of the body the cranial, thora- 
cic, and abdominal: noting the sympathetic 
nervous system. 
trispoiic (tri-spor'ik), a. [< Gr. rpeif (rpt-), 
three, + tra-opd, spore.] In bot., having three 
spores; trisporous. 
trisporous (tri-spo'rus), a. [< Gr. rpeif (rpi-), 
three, + ciropa, spore.] In bot., having or com- 
posed of three spores. 
trist 1 !, . and n. An obsolete form of trust 1 and 
tryst. 
trist 2 t (trist), a. [< ME. trist, < OF. (and F.) 
triste = Sp. Pg. It. triste, < L. tristis, sad, sor- 
rowful. Cf. tristesse, tristful, tristy, contrist.] 
Sad ; sorrowful ; gloomy. 
With that these thre knyghtes be lepte on theire horse, 
but the tother thre be trist and dolent. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), 111. 572. 
tristachyous (tri-sta'ki-us), a. [< Gr. rpeif 
(rpi-), three, + arA^vf, an ear of corn.] In bot., 
three-spiked ; having three spikes. 
Tristania (tris-ta'ni-a), n. [NL. (R. Brown, 
1811), named after Tristan, a Portuguese trav- 
eler (during 1440-47) on the African coast.] A 
genus of plants, of the order Myrtaceee, tribe 
Leptospermeee, and subtribe Metrosiderese. It is 
characterized by numerous stamens united in five col- 
umns opposite the petals. There are from 10 to 15 spe- 
cies 9 in Australia, and the others in the Indian archi- 
pelago and New Caledonia. They are trees or small shrubs, 
bearing alternate or somewhat whorled leaves sometimes 
clustered at the ends of the branches. The flowers are 
usually small, yellow or white, and grouped in axillary 
cymes. Several species yield very durable and valuable 
wood, used for ship- and boat-building, for posts, flooring, 
etc., as T. conferta, known in New South Wales as red-box; 
T. suaveolens, called swamp-mahogany; and T. neriifolia, 
the ooramilly or water-gum tree. The first is a tree ad- 
mired for its shade and as an avenue-tree, reaching some- 
times 150 feet high ; the others are small trees or shrubs, 
or, in T. suaveolens, sometimes becoming a tall tree of 100 
feet. 
tristet, . An obsolete form of tryst. 
tristearin (tri-ste'a-rin), n. [< tri- + stearin.] 
A glycerol ester containing three stearic acid 
radicals: a white crystalline non-volatile solid 
with a fatty feel, which makes up a large por- 
tion of certain solid fats, like tallow. 
tristellt, n. An obsolete form of trestle 1 . 
tristelyt, adv. An obsolete form of trustily. 
tristemania (tris-te-ma'ni-a), w. [NL., irreg. 
< L. tristis, sad, + Gr. /iavia, madness.] Melan- 
cholia. 
tristesse (tris-tes'), . [ME. tristesce, < OF. 
tristesce, tristesse, F. tristesse = Sp. Pg. tristeza 
= It. tristizia, tristezza, < L. tristitia, sadness, < 
tristis, sad: see trist 2 .] Sadness; melancholy: 
in modern use as a French word. 
Save only that I crye and bidde, 
I amm in tristesce alle amidde. 
Gower. (Halliwell.) 
There, I thought, in America, lies nature sleeping, over- 
growing, almost conscious, too much by half for man in 
the picture, and so giving a certain tristesse, like the rank 
vegetation of swamps and forests seen at night, steeped in 
dews and rains, which it loves ; and on it man seems not 
able to make much impression. 
Emenon, Prose Works, II. 299. 
tristful (trist'ful), a. [< trisft + -ful] Sad; 
sorrowful. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
Convey my tristful queen ; 
For tears do stop the flood-gates of her eyes. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 434. 
Souring my incipient jest to the tristful severities of a 
funeral. Lamb, The Wedding. 
tristfullyt (trist'ful-i), adv. Sadly. 
tristichous (tris'ti-kus), a. [< Gr. TpitnixS, of 
three rows or lines, <rpcif (rpi-), three, + arixf, 
aline, row.] In bot., arranged in three vertical 
rows or ranks; trifarious. See phyllotaxis. 
tristigmatic (tri-stig-mat'ik), . [< Gr. rpeif 
(Tpt-), three, + ariyita (ariyftar-), a mark: see 
stigma 1 .] In bot., having three stigmas. 
tristigmatose (tri-stig'ma-tos), o. [As tristig- 
mat-ic + -ose.] In bot., same as tristigmatic. 
tristitiatet (tris-tish'i-at), v. t. [< L. tristitia, 
sadness (see tristesse), + -ate 2 .] To make sad; 
sadden. 
Nor is there any whom calamity doth so much tristiti- 
ate as that he never sees the flashes of some warming joy. 
Feltham, Resolves, i. 41. 
Tristoma (tris'to-ma), n. [NL. (Cuvier, 1817), 
also Tristomum (Siefcold, 1838), < Gr. rpc'ic (rpi-), 
three, + cr6/ia, mouth.] 1. A genus of mono- 
geneous trematoid worms, typical of the family 
Tristomidse : so called from one large ventral 
sucker behind two smaller adoral ones. They 
are of broad and flat oval or discoid form, and 
infest the skin and gills of fishes. 2. [1. c. ; 
.nl. i, from fig- 
ure of Siva at Vel- 
lore, India. 
6490 
pi. tristoma (-me) or tristomas (-maz).] A worm 
of the above genus. 
Tristomidae (tris-tom'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Trin- 
tomu + -idx.] A family of flukes, typified by 
the genus Tristoma. Van Benedeu. 
tristyt (tris'ti), a. [< trist? + .yl.] Sorrowful; 
sad. 
The king was trixty and heavy of cheer. 
Ashnwlc'g Tfieatririn Chemicum, p. 264. (Latham.) 
tristyloilS (tri-sti'lus), . [< Gr. rpsif (rpi-), 
three, + ori/iof , style : see style?.] 
In bot., three-styled; having 
three styles. 
trisula, trisul (tri-so'lii, -sol' ), . 
[Skt. trig (/,< tri, three, + *cula, 
spit, spear-head.] In Hindu 
myth., the three-pointed or tri- 
dent emblem of Siva: also used 
attributively : as, a trisul cross. 
The trisul or trident emblem which 
crowns the gateways may, . . . and I 
am inclined to believe does, represent 
Buddha himself. 
J. Ferffusson, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 97. 
trisulct (tri'sulk), a. and n. [Also 
trisulk; = Sp. Pg. It. trisulco,< L. 
trisulcus, three-pronged, three- 
forked, three-cleft, lit. 'three-fur- 
rowed' (noting a thunderbolt, 
etc.),< tres (tri-). three, + sulcus, 
furrow: seesZfc 2 .] I. . Three- 
forked ; three-pronged. 
One sole Jupiter, ... in his hand 
A trisulc thunderbolt, or fnlminous 
brand. 
Ileywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 63. 
II. n. Something having three forks, as the 
three-pointed thunderbolt of Jove, the trident 
of Neptune, or the trisula of Siva. 
Hand once aguine thy Trintlk, and retire 
To Oeta, and there kindle 't with new flre. 
Heywood, Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 160). 
trisulcate (tri-sul'kat), a. [< trisulc + -ate 2 .] 
1. In bot., three-grooved; three-furrowed. 2. 
In zool., tridactyl; divided into three digits or 
hoofs : as, a trisulcate foot. Compare bisulcate. 
trisulkt, a. and H. See trisulc. 
trisyllabic (tris-i-lab'ik). a. [< L. trisyllabus 
(see trisyllable) + -ic.] Pertaining to a trisyl- 
lable; consisting of three syllables: as, a tri- 
syllabic word or root. 
trisyllabical (tris-i-lab'i-kal), . [< trisyllabic 
+ -al.] Same as trisyllabic. 
trisyllabically (tris-i-lab'i-kal-i), adv. In the 
manner of a trisyllable; in three syllables. 
trisyllable (tri-sil'- or tri-sil'a-bl), n. [Cf. F. 
trissyllabe = Sp. trisilabo = Pg. trisyllabo = It. 
trisillabo, < L. trisyllabus, < Gr. iyxo-i>X/ta/3of, hav- 
ing three syllables,< rpeif (rpt-), three, + ml.Aa/3f/, 
a syllable : see syllable.] A word consisting of 
three syllables. 
trit. An abbreviation of the Latin tritura, im- 
perative of tnturare, triturate: used in phar- 
macy. Dunglison. 
tritactic (trl-tak'tik), a. [< L. tres (tri-), three, 
+ tacttts, touch: see tact.] Touching in three 
consecutive points Tritactic point. See points 
tritseophya (trit-e-of 'i-a), w. [NL., < Gr. Tpirato- 
<t>vqf, the nature of a tertian fever, < rpiraiof, on 
the third day, + Qmtv, bring forth, produce.] A 
tertian malarial fever. 
tritagonist (trl-tag'o-nist), n. [< Gr. 
VICTT/S, tritagonist, < rpirof, third, -I- a 
an actor: see agonist.] In the anc. Gr. drama, 
the third actor. His part is usually that of the evil 
genius, or the promoter of the sufferings of the protago- 
nist, or first actor. The third actor was first brought into 
the drama by Sophocles. 
Creon, although said to be the tritagonist, entered by 
the central door. Atherueum, No. 3270, p. 841. 
trite 1 (trit), a. [= It. trito, < L. tritus, pp. of 
terere, rub, wear, = OBulg. trieti, truti = Serv. 
trti = Bohem. trzhiti = Pol. trzef = Buss, tereti 
= Lith. triti, trinti, rub. From the L. terere are 
also ult. E. triturate, triture, try, etc., contrite, 
detritus, etc.] If. Rubbed; frayed; worn. 
My accent or phrase vulgar ; my garments trite. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, i. 1. 
Hence 2. Used till so common as to have lost 
its novelty and interest; commonplace; worn 
out; hackneyed; stale. 
So trite a quotation that It almost demands an apology 
to repeat it Goldsmith, English Clergy. 
trite 2 (tri'te), n. [Gr. rpi-rri, fern, of Tplnc, third : 
see third.] In anc. Gr. music, the third tone 
(from the top) of the conjunct, disjunct, and 
extreme tetrachords. See tetrachord. 
tritely (trit'li), adv. In a trite or common- 
place manner; stalely. 
triticeum 
( Kher things are mentioned . . . very tritely, and with 
little sutiflfaction to the reader. 
Wood, Athenee Oxon. (Latham.) 
triteness (trit'nes), . The character of being 
trite; commonness; staleness; the state of be- 
ing hackneyed or commonplace. 
Sermons which . . . disgust not the fastidious ear of 
modern elegance by triteness or vulgarity. 
Wranyham, Sermons, Pref. 
tritemate (trl-ter'nat), a. [< tri- + ternate.] 
In bot., three times ternate: applied to a leaf 
whose petiole divides and twice subdivides into 
three, thus bearing twenty-seven leaflets, as in 
some Vmbelliferse. Also triplicate-ternate. 
triternately (tri-ter'nat-li), adv. In a triter- 
uate manner. 
tritheism (tri'the-izm), n. [= F. tritlieisme = 
Sp. triteismo; < Gr. rptif (rpi-), three, + 6e6f, 
god, + -ism.] The doctrine that there are 
three Gods, specifically that the Father, Sou, 
and Holy Spirit are three distinct Gods. 
tritheist (tri'the-ist), n. [< trithe(ism) + -ist : 
see theist.] One who maintains the doctrine of 
tritheism. 
tritheistic (tri-the-is'tik), a. [< tritheist + -ic.] 
Of or pertaining to tritheism or tritheists. 
tritheistical (tri-the-is'ti-kal), a. [< tritheis- 
tic + -at.] Snmeastritheixiir. 
tritheitet (tri'the-It), . [< Gr. Tpiffetrr/f, < rpeif 
(T/JI-), three, + 6'f6f, god.] A tritheist. 
trithemimeral (trith-e-mim'e-ral), a. [< Gr. 
Tpi(hf[ufiepi/f, consisting of three fialves, < rpirof, 
third, + q/u/isp?if, half, < )?(-, half, + /itpof, part.] 
In pros., of or pertaining to a group of three 
half -feet; pertaining to or consisting of one 
foot and a half. Sometimes, incorrectly, trihe- 
mimeral Trithemimeral cesura, the cesura after 
the thesis (metrically accented syllable) of the second foot 
of a dactylic hexameter. See cesura, hephthemimeral. 
trithingt (tri'THing), . [< ML. trithinga, a form 
of E. wriding, *thritlii>ig: see riding^.] Same 
as riding?. 
The division of Deira into three Trithinga or Ridings. 
J. R. Green, t'onq. of Eng., p. 115. 
trithing-reevet (tri'THing-rev), . The gov- 
ernor of a trithing. 
trithionate (tri-thi'6-nat), n. [< trithion-ic + 
-ate.] A salt of trithionic acid. 
trithionic (tri-thi-on'ik), a. [< Gr. rpeif (rpi-), 
three, + deiov, sulphur, -f -ic.] Containing three 
sulphur atoms Trithionic acid, a sulphur acid hav- 
ing the formula H 2 S ;! O8. It forms a strongly acid, bitter, 
odorless solution, which decomposes very readily. 
Trithrinax (trith'ri-naks), n. [NL. (Martius, 
1823), from the three petals and three-parted ca- 
lyx; < Gr. rpe'tf, three, + Thrinax, a related ge- 
nus.] A genus of palms, of the tribe Coryphex. 
It is characterized by bisexual flowers with imbricated 
petals, filaments united into a tube, and a style terminal 
in fruit. The 3 or 4 species are natives of Brazil and Chili. 
They are thornless palms bearing smooth, roundish, fan- 
shaped leaves, deeply many-parted into two-cleft indupli- 
cate segments. The leaf-stalks are sharply biconvex, ex- 
tending above into a hard cordate ligule, and below into 
a flbrous sheath which is densely set with erect or reflexed 
spines. The flowers are small, on the flexuous branches 
of a spreading, thick-stalked spadix with many obliquely 
split spathes. Several species are included among the fan- 
palms of greenhouse cultivation : T. campegtris is remark- 
able as one of the most southern of all palms, extending 
in the Argentine Republic to 32 40' south, and is also pe- 
culiar for its woody leaves, more rigid than those of any 
other palm. 
triticalt (trit'i-kal), a. [< trite + -ical, appar. 
in imitation of critical.] Trite ; common. 
A tedious homily or a tritical declamation. 
/. V'Jtraeli, Amen, of Lit., I. 328. 
triticallyt (trit'i-kal-i), adv. In a tritical or 
commonplace manner. 
This sennon upon the Jewish dispensation, . . . 'tis all 
tritical, and most tritically put together. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vi. 11. 
triticalnesst (trit'i-kal-nes), M. The state or 
character of being tritical ; triteness. 
triticeoglossus (tri-tis"e-6-glos'ug), n.; pi. tri- 
ticeorflossi (-1). [NL., < L. triticevs, of wheat 
(see triticeous), + Gr. yhoaea, the tongue.] A 
small muscle occasionally found in the human 
larynx, connected with the triticeous nodule in 
the posterior thyrohyoid membrane, and pass- 
ing forward to the tongue. 
triticeous (tri-tish'ius), a. [< L. triticevs, of 
wheat, < triticiim, wheat: see Triticum.] In 
anat., small and roundish, like a grain of wheat 
or millet-seed : iiodular Triticeous nodule, one 
of the small cartilaginous nodules in the larynx the 
cartilage triticeus, or corpus triticeum. 
triticeum (tri-tis'e-um), n. ; pi. triticea (-a). 
[NL., iieut. (sc. corpus, body) of L. triticeus,"of 
wheat : see triticeoux.] The triticeous body or 
nodule of the larynx ; the triticeus. 
