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trysts

trysts is the plural of tryst.

trysts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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Questions about trysts

What is trysts the plural of?
Trysts is the plural of tryst.

Words near trysts in the dictionary

  1. trystes
  2. trysteth
  3. trystine
  4. trysting
  5. trystings
  6. trysts
  7. Trysull
  8. Trysull and Seisdon
  9. tryte
  10. trytes
  11. trytophan

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