noun
1.
an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
2.
an appointed meeting.
3.
an appointed place of meeting.
verb (used with object)
4.
Chiefly Scot. to make an appointment or arrange a meeting with.
verb (used without object)
5.
Chiefly Scot. to make an appointment or agreement.
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| —n | |
| 1. | an appointment to meet, esp secretly |
| 2. | the place of such a meeting or the meeting itself |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (intr) to meet at or arrange a tryst |
| [C14: from Old French triste lookout post, apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse traust trust] | |
| 'tryster | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
tryst
late 14c., from O.Fr. tristre "appointed station in hunting," possibly from a Scand. source (cf. O.N. treysta "to trust;" see trust).
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