tryster

Variant of tryst

tryst definition

tryst (trist)

noun

  1. an appointment to meet at a specified time and place, esp. one made secretly by lovers
    1. a meeting held by appointment
    2. the place of such a meeting
      also trysting place
  3. Scot. a market or fair, esp. for cattle

Etymology: ME triste, var. of tristre < OFr, hunting station, hence hunting rendezvous < ?

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to agree to meet

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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