# trifficult

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Of considerable difficulty.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/trifficult