[ˈtrʌɪfɪd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- partly or wholly split into three divisions or lobes

- (of an antique spoon) with three notches splitting the end of the handle


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Origin:
mid 18th century: from Latin trifidus, from tri- ‘three’ + fid- ‘split, divided’ (from the verb findere)