About The Word Tryst
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Tryst
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What's The Definition Of Tryst?
[n] a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
[n] a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex Synonyms | Synonyms for Tryst: assignation | rendezvous Related Terms | Find terms related to Tryst: See Also | appointment | date | engagement | rendezvous Tryst In Webster's Dictionary \Tryst\, n. [OE. trist, tryst, a variant of trust; cf.
Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr. traust confidence,
security. See {Trust}, n.]
1. Trust. [Obs.]
2. An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time
of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst. [Scot. or
Poetic]
{To bide tryst}, to wait, at the appointed time, for one with
whom a tryst or engagement is made; to keep an engagement
or appointment.
The tenderest-hearted maid That ever bided tryst at
village stile. --Tennyson.
\Tryst\, v. t. [OE. tristen, trysten. See {Tryst}, n.] 1. To trust. [Obs.] 2. To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with. [Scot.] --Burns. \Tryst\, v. i. To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.] |
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