TRYST

assignation, tryst

(noun) a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)

tryst, rendezvous

(noun) a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

tryst (plural trysts)

A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.

(obsolete) A mutual agreement, a covenant.

Verb

tryst (third-person singular simple present trysts, present participle trysting, simple past and past participle trysted)

(intransitive) To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.

(transitive) To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.).

(intransitive) To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time.

Anagrams

• RTTYs

Source: Wiktionary

Tryst, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [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.

Definition: To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition