tried
English
/tɹaɪd/
adj
Definitions
- Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
- (law) Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tried suffix from English try (extract oil from whale blubber).
Origin
English
try
Gloss
extract oil from whale blubber
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fore-tried English
- mistry English
- nontried English
- overtry English
- retry English
- triable English
- trier English
- triest English
- trieth English
- try English
- try pot English
- tryhard English
- trying English
- tryless English
- tryscorer English
- tryscoring English
- trysquare English
- trywork English
- untried English
- トライ Japanese
- tried Middle English
- trien Middle English
- tray Malay
- טרײַען Yiddish
- traim Tok Pisin