t 1 r 1 i 1 b 3 u 1 l 1 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
11 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
originFrom Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), from Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), from trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), from terēre (“to rub”); see trite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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