tryst en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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, see there for more.
Meanings
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A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
But, for the most part, we shall mark our progress to the dawn of life by the measure of those 40 natural milestones, the trysts that enrich our pilgrimage.
2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life, page 11:And Vivien, like the tenderest-hearted maid / That ever bided tryst at village stile, / Made answer, either eyelid wet with tears: […]
1874, Alfred Tennyson, “Merlin and Vivien”, in Idylls of the King (The Works of Alfred Tennyson; VI), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., […], →OCLC, page 23:If someone trusts you, what is lost if you betray that trust? As Scarlett is tempted to see it, sometimes nothing at all. If her husband remains ignorant of her tryst, then his trust in her will remain intact. ‘No one gets hurt’ runs her reasoning, so why not go ahead?
2005, Julian Baggini, The Pig that Wants to be Eaten: And 99 other thought experiments, №91: “No one gets hurt”, page 271 (Granta; →ISBN, 9781862078550)A silence supreme and altogether European. Shutters drawn, shops barred. A red glow here and there to mark a tryst.
1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Grove Press, published 1961, page 6:
- (obsolete) A mutual agreement, a covenant.
- (Scotland, historical) A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trysts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
fair · market · farmers' market · mart
Deriveds
Translations (61)
si හමුවීම (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · sk schôdzka (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ro rendez-vous (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · id ketemuan (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ar مَوْعِد (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · de Vereinbarung ((obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant) · bg среща (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · es encuentro amoroso (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · fr rendez-vous d'amour (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · fi tärskyt (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · hu randevú (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ja 逢い引き (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · hu légyott (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ru свида́ние (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · fr rendez-vous (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · de Verabredung (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · el συμφωνία ((obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant) · fi välipuhe ((obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant) · pl randka (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · id sir-siran (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · de Schäferstündchen (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · tr anlaşma ((obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant) · el συνάντηση (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · fi treffit (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · gl encontro (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ja 約束 ((obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant) · cmn 幽會 /幽会 (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · es cita (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · cs dostaveníčko (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ja デート (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · pt encontro (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · de Rendezvous (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · fr rendez-vous galant (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · la diēs (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · sk rande (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · nl rendez-vous (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · tr randevu (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ko 밀회 (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · non þing (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · gl cita (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ca cita (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ckb ژوان (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · el ραντεβού (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · tr buluşma (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · de Stelldichein (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · nl afspraak (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · cs rande (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · es convenio ((obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant) · ro întâlnire (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ar لِقَاء اَلْحُبّ (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · hu találka (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · it incontro (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · it appuntamento (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · nl afspraakje (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ru любо́вное свида́ние (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ru встре́ча (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · es cita amorosa (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · pl schadzka (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · id perjanjian ((obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant) · it trésca (prearranged meeting, now especially between lovers) · ru соглаше́ние ((obsolete) a mutual agreement, a covenant)