to neglect to keep an engagement or meeting with (a person)
2.
to be puzzled or bemused by (something)
mistryst in American English
(mɪsˈtraist)
transitive verb Scot & Northern English
1.
to fail to meet or to keep an appointment with (someone)
2.
to be confused or perplexed by (something)
Word origin
[1810–20; mis-1 + tryst]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: duplex, keyboard, liberalism, nihilism, triangulationmis- is a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,”“wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating. Other words that use the affix mis- include: misprint, mistrial, mistrust