Tribulation (noun)
trib-yu-lay-shun
grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
1175–1225; Middle English Latin trībulātiōn- (stem of trībulātiō) distress, trouble, equivalent to trībulāt(us) (past participle of trībulāre to press, squeeze, derivative of trībulum threshing sledge.
Example sentences
“A year fraught with tribulation!”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
