TRYST
What does "TRYST" mean?
A private, often secret meeting between lovers at an agreed time and place.
Meanings
- A romantic rendezvous, especially a clandestine one. They kept a midnight tryst by the old mill. literary
- An appointment or agreement to meet at a set time and place. The hunters kept their tryst at the forest's edge. archaic
- To agree to meet, or to keep an appointed meeting. They trysted beneath the chapel wall. archaic
Did you know?
- Before it meant a lovers' rendezvous, a 'tryst' was a hunting term: the appointed spot where a hunter waited for game to be driven toward them.
Word origin
From Old French 'triste', a designated waiting place in hunting where one watched for game; the romantic meaning grew from this sense of an 'agreed meeting place'.
Remember it
TRYST hides 'TRY' at its start - a tryst is where two people TRY to meet without being seen.
A little poem
She marks the gate, the hour, the dark-
no name is spoken, none need be-
two shadows keep a single mark.
tercet
Wordplay
- A tryst with no vowel to spare and no one allowed to know - even the word keeps it short and secret.
What it teaches
Every secret meeting trusts a place to keep faith; choose the spot as carefully as the hour.
Quick facts
What does TRYST mean?
A private, often secret meeting between lovers at an agreed time and place.
Is TRYST a valid word?
Yes — TRYST is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TRYST?
TRYST has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TRYST come from?
From Old French 'triste', a designated waiting place in hunting where one watched for game; the romantic meaning grew from this sense of an 'agreed meeting place'.
What can TRYST teach us?
Every secret meeting trusts a place to keep faith; choose the spot as carefully as the hour.
How players do
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