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tryste

tryste is the obsolete form of tryst.

Meaning of tryst

Noun

tryst (plural trysts)

  1. A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
    • 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
  2. (obsolete) A mutual agreement, a covenant.
  3. (Scotland, historical) A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.

See all 6 meanings of tryst

Forms of tryste

pluraltrystes

Questions about tryste

What is tryste the obsolete form of?
Tryste is the obsolete form of tryst.

Words near tryste in the dictionary

  1. trysexuals
  2. trysquare
  3. trysquares
  4. tryst
  5. Trysta
  6. tryste
  7. trysted
  8. tryster
  9. trysters
  10. trystes
  11. trysteth

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