difficile

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difficile

/ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/ UK
/ˈdɪ.fə.səl/ US

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From late Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis, from dis- + facilis (“easy”).

adjective more difficile · most difficile

obsolete Hard to work with; stubborn.
obsolete Difficult. […] forasmuch as he was to judge of an internall beauty, of a difficile knowledge, and abstruse discovery.

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adj hard to work with, stubborn

Português	difícil
Русский	несгово́рчивый nesgovórčivyj

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@misc{difficile_2026,
  title = {difficile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/difficile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}