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(trɪst)
Word forms: plural trysts
countable noun
A tryst is a meeting between lovers in a quiet secret place.
[literary]

tryst in British English

(trɪst, traɪst) archaic or literary
noun
1. 
an appointment to meet, esp secretly
2. 
the place of such a meeting or the meeting itself
verb
3. (intransitive)
to meet at or arrange a tryst
Derived forms
tryster (ˈtryster)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French triste lookout post, apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse traust trust

tryst in American English

(trɪst)
noun
1. 
an appointment to meet at a specified time and place, esp. one made secretly by lovers
2. 
a. 
a meeting held by appointment
b. 
the place of such a meeting
: also trysting place
3.  Scottish
a market or fair, esp. for cattle
verb transitive, verb intransitive Chiefly Scottish
4. 
to agree to meet
Derived forms
tryster (ˈtryster)
noun
Word origin
ME triste, var. of tristre < OFr, hunting station, hence hunting rendezvous < ?

Examples of 'tryst' in a sentence
tryst

The day of the purge itself found her enjoying a tryst at a beach.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The couple are said to have enjoyed overnight trysts at hotels.
The Sun (2016)
The star flew her around the world for secret trysts.
The Sun (2014)
It suited both of us for our trysts to be secret.
The Sun (2015)
He denied having secret trysts with a former lover.
The Sun (2014)
How about offers for romantic trysts?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They enjoyed trysts at her London flat.
The Sun (2006)
 Secret trysts followed as they became'extremely close'.
The Sun (2016)
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