tryst Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
    rendezvous.
  2. noun a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
    assignation.

WordNet

Tryst noun
Etymology
OE. trist, tryst, a variant of trust; cf. Icel. treysta to make trusty, fr. traust confidence, security. See Trust, n.
Definitions
  1. Trust. Obs.
  2. An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst. Scot. or Poetic
    The tenderest-hearted maid That ever bided tryst at village stile. Tennyson.
Tryst transitive verb
Etymology
OE. tristen, trysten. See Tryst, n.
Definitions
  1. To trust. Obs.
  2. To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with. Scot. Burns.
Tryst intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To mutually agree to meet at a certain place. Scot.

Webster 1913