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tryst

tryst

18 8.9
A secret meeting between lovers
  • noun
  • /trɪst/
  • NSFW
translation icon : cita secreta
  • There was no hint that Brooke knew about Stuart and Patty Kay's secret trysts.

And he was in, he was in a love tryst with a married woman.

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Examples

  • The couple arranged a secret tryst in a secluded garden away from prying eyes.

  • Miss Buffam has a tryst.

  • And he was in, he was in a love tryst with a married woman.

  • In that case, I leave the fan where it is and show up for the tryst. "Good."

    Fiction book (1993)
  • But neither should we drive all the way to the hotel where we had our first tryst.

  • And they actually have a tryst in that incredible marketplace, right?

  • Is that how much our imaginary tryst meant to you?

  • And you underlined "tryst"... which is a meeting of lovers.

  • There was a lot of drinking and dancing and a couple of trysts, I'm sure.

  • In 1941, he worked in the Yugoslav embassy in Berlin and helped organize trysts of cringing Yugoslav politicians with Hitler.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

rendezvous
vstryst
44 6.8

A planned meeting between people, often romantic or secret

is narrower, focusing on secret romantic meetings rather than any arranged meeting
assignation
vstryst
  • NSFW
4 9.5

A secret meeting for lovers

is the same secret meeting but not limited to planned encounters
covert meeting
vstryst
1 6.6

A secret meeting held in private to hide plans, often for illegal reasons

is about secret romantic meetings rather than confidential or illicit gatherings
tete-a-tete
vstryst
8.3

A private talk between two people in a quiet place

is a secret meeting usually involving lovers rather than just a private talk

How Secret

assignation
  • NSFW
4 9.5
tryst
  • NSFW
18 8.9
rendezvous
44 6.8
meeting
1.0

Surface Forms

tryst singular
trysts plural

Etymology

Tryst comes from an older word tryste that meant 'an appointed place to meet', used for meeting spots or times in old speech. So a tryst is a planned, often secret meeting, especially between lovers.