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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trifficult

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
trif-fi-cult
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of considerable difficulty.

Humorous

Example Sentences

Etymology

Blend of tricky + difficult. Alternatively, blend of triple + difficult, from the analogy of di- + fficult. The Rice University Neologisms Database listed the term since as early as 10 June 2008 as a blend of trying + difficult. Later popularised by a 2020 episode of the 2018 Australian animated children's TV series Bluey.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more trifficult (comparative) most trifficult (superlative)

Questions

What does trifficult mean?
Of considerable difficulty.
Where does trifficult come from?
Blend of tricky + difficult. Alternatively, blend of triple + difficult, from the analogy of di- + fficult. The Rice University Neologisms Database listed the term since as early as 10 June 2008 as a blend of trying + difficult. Later popularised by a 2020 episode of the 2018 Australian animated children's TV series Bluey.

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