Tryst: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Tryst noun. A secret meeting between lovers.
How to say it
TRIST/ˈtrɪst/
1 syllable.
Tryst in a sentence
Their weekly tryst took place, unromantically, in a garden centre café.
The poem imagines a midnight tryst beneath the ruined abbey.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- rendezvous
- assignation
- date
- liaison
Where tryst comes from
From Old French triste, an appointed waiting place in hunting.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
The poem imagines a midnight _____ beneath the ruined abbey.
- affinity
- tryst
- kismet
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tryst: The poem imagines a midnight tryst beneath the ruined abbey.