Definition of TRYST

tryst

Meanings

Plural: trysts

Noun

  • a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
  • a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
  • A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
  • A mutual agreement, a covenant.
  • A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.

Verb

  • To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.
  • To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.).
  • To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time.

Origin / Etymology

From 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 (which see).

Scrabble Score: 8

tryst is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tryst is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tryst is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

tryst is a valid Words With Friends word