Definitions for: Tryst


[n] a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
[n] a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]

Synonyms: assignation, rendezvous

See Also: appointment, date, engagement, rendezvous

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