difficile

adjective /ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/

1. Hard to work with; stubborn.

   obsolete

2. Difficult.

   obsolete

   […] forasmuch as he was to judge of an internall beauty, of a difficile knowledge, and abstruse discovery.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry difficile (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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