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  1. 2019-05-21, 08:18 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #374
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    If was going for that joke, but according to Merriam-Webster, that just means «meeting».
    The Cambridge dictionary much more clearly specifies the romantic (and secretive) nature of a tryst:

    tryst
    noun [ C ] UK ​ /trɪst/ US ​ /trɪst/ old use or humorous
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    a meeting between two people who are having a romantic relationship, especially a secret one.
    ETA: I always got the feeling it implied the relationship to be short in duration, too, but I don't see that substantiated in any of the dictionaries. Hmmm.

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