tryst
A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a…A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
Meaning
3 sensesA prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
Stelldichein, Verabredung, Rendezvous
свида́ниеsvidánije, встре́чаvstréča, любо́вное свида́ниеljubóvnoje svidánije
a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
(Scotland, historical)A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.
(obsolete)A mutual agreement, a covenant.
Vereinbarung
соглаше́ниеsoglašénije
Examples
2 sentencesAlleged phone conversations with a mistress detail daily activities, including sexual trysts.
Yanni and Vladimir met for a midnight tryst.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English tryst, trist, from Old French triste, tristre (“waiting place, appointFrom Middle English tryst, trist, from Old French triste, tristre (“waiting place, appointed station in hunting”), probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse treysta (“to make safe, secure”), from traust (“confidence, trust, security, help, shelter, safe abode”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą (“trust, shelter”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *dreu-, *drū- (“to be firm, be solid”). Doublet of trust, see there for more.
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Forms
plural: trystsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex:rendezvous
- a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers):assignation