v. Obs. rare–1. [f. L. tristitia sadness + -ATE3.] trans. To affect with sadness, to sadden. So † Tristitious a. Obs. rare–1, full of sadness, sorrowful.
1628. Feltham, Resolves, II. [I.] xli. 122. Nor is there any whom Calamity doth so much tristitiate, as that hee neuer sees the flashes of some warming ioy.
1694. Motteux, Rabelais, V. 248. Their plaisant Notes tristitious Thoughts confound.
