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Something like this must be the explanation; and I confess to you, Padre, that the failure of the prince to keep our tryst was the biggest disappointment and the sharpest humiliation of my life.

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  1. noun An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place.
  2. noun A meeting or meeting place that has been agreed on. See Synonyms at engagement.
  3. intransitive verb To keep a tryst.

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  • Something like this must be the explanation; and I confess to you, Padre, that the failure of the prince to keep our tryst was the biggest disappointment and the sharpest humiliation of my life. —  Everyman's Land
  • His bird ambassadors go first astray and notify Hina, but finally the tryst is arranged, the bridal cortege arrives in state, and the bridal takes place. —  The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai
  • Y: Moses said: "Your tryst is the Day of the Festival, and let the people be assembled when the sun is well up." —  Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
  • It had been five days since their last tryst, and that was a long enough wait for him" and evidently for her as well, judging by the passion in her kisses. —  The Bear and the Dragon
  • Padre, that the failure of the prince to keep our tryst was the biggest disappointment and the sharpest humiliation of my life. —  Everyman's Land
 

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  1. Middle English trist, from Old French triste, a waiting place (in hunting); see deru- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English trist, tryst, a variant of trust: see trust. The present spelling tryst instead of trist is due to Scotch use.
  2. from Middle English tristen, trysten; variant of trust. Cf. tryst, n.
 

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