tryst
Americannoun
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an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- Synonyms:
- rendezvous, assignation
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an appointed meeting.
- Synonyms:
- rendezvous, assignation
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an appointed place of meeting.
- Synonyms:
- rendezvous
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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an appointment to meet, esp secretly
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the place of such a meeting or the meeting itself
verb
Usage
What does tryst mean? A tryst is an appointment made to meet at a specific place and time, especially one made in secret by lovers, as in The two employees arranged a tryst for meeting secretly after work. Tryst is also the meeting itself or the place where the meeting will happen, as in Paul snuck out of his room and headed to the tryst.Uncommonly, tryst can be used as a verb to mean to plan a meeting, as in Romeo and Juliet met outside the balcony and secretly trysted. Example: The married businessman denied all accusations that he had had a secret tryst with one of his female business partners.
Other Word Forms
- tryster noun
Etymology
Origin of tryst
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English triste “appointed hunting-station,” from Old French, from Germanic; compare Gothic trausti “agreement, arrangement,” akin to Middle English trist “confidence,” Old English tryst (unrecorded); trow, trust
Example Sentences
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Reporters raced to find the kidnappers and, instead, turned up evidence of a tryst.
From Los Angeles Times
What made Mumbai's tryst with Art Deco particularly interesting was how the city embraced its hallmarks in a truly all-encompassing manner.
From BBC
Was it because she was left out of the truth of Aimee’s disappearance, mourning her death while her daughter was off on a tryst?
From Los Angeles Times
Beheadings, follies, trysts and plague: Can 12 centuries’ worth of monarchs be crammed into 500 pages, about the size of a standard biography?
From New York Times
McDougal has said Trump tried to pay her after their first sexual tryst at a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2006.
From Seattle Times
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