trine
/tɹaɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.
noun
An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.
verb
To go.
British usage; Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets […]"
- "a single trine of brazen tortoises"
- "By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined."
- "Been Darkmans then booz Mort and Ken, / The been Coves bing awast / On Chats to trine by Rum-Coves dine, / For his long lib at last."
- "Liz, he says, why trine for a make, when you can wap for a winne. I'm no dimber mort, I says. Don't ask you to be a swell mollisher, sister, coves want Miss Laycock, don't look at your mug. So I begin to sell my mother of saints."
- "Twang dell's, i' the strommell, and let the Quire Cuffin: / And Herman Beck strine and trine to the Ruffin."
Etymology
From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: trine, trin, trīnus, trynen, -, troða
Usage
- Transitive verb
- British usage
- Archaic
- Obsolete