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[ trist, trahyst ] SHOW IPA
/ trɪst, traɪst / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
an appointed meeting.
an appointed place of meeting.
verb (used with object) Chiefly Scot. to make an appointment or arrange a meeting with.
verb (used without object) Chiefly Scot. to make an appointment or agreement.
Origin of tryst 1325–75; Middle English
triste set hunting-station <Old French <Germanic; compare Gothic
trausti agreement, arrangement, akin to Middle English
trist confidence (Old English
*tryst ). See trow, trust
SYNONYMS FOR tryst 1, 2 assignation.
1-3 rendezvous.
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OTHER WORDS FROM tryst tryster, noun Words nearby tryst tryptophanase, tryptophanuria, trysail, trysail mast, try square, tryst , trysting place, tryworks, Ts, tsade, Tsakonian
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The tryst causes a professional fissure between Jung and his psychiatrist mentor, Sigmund Freud, played by Viggo Mortensen.
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Between rumors of a tryst with NBA player Glen Rice and allegations of cocaine use, we doubt this one will die down anytime soon.
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He even called Ensign during a tryst and demanded he end the affair.
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Shes not here yet, commented Susan, as they entered the place of tryst .
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It was a tryst —the lovers' meeting upon which Cleek had built such high hopes and upon which he had blundered by the merest fluke.
The Riddle of the Night | Thomas W. Hanshew
Here he dismounted and waited like one keeping a tryst , smoking innumerable cigarettes and kicking up the soft loam impatiently.
The Wolf Cub | Patrick Casey
Loupart's mistress shrugged her shoulders, turned, and made her way back to the "Tryst ," where her place had been kept for her.
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You appointed ten for the nocturnal interview, and were at the place of the tryst at half past nine.
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British Dictionary definitions for tryst / (trɪst , traɪst ) archaic , or literary /
noun an appointment to meet, esp secretly
the place of such a meeting or the meeting itself
verb (intr) to meet at or arrange a tryst
Derived forms of tryst tryster , noun Word Origin for tryst C14: from Old French triste lookout post, apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse traust trust
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Words related to tryst assignation, rendezvous, appointment, union, engagement, date, meet, meeting