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difficile

[ dif-i-seel; French dee-fee-seel ]

/ ˌdɪf ɪˈsil; French di fiˈsil /

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adjective

hard to deal with, satisfy, or please.

hard to do; difficult.

Origin of difficile

1470–80; < French < Latin difficilis difficult; see dif-, facile

Words nearby difficile

differential weathering, differential windlass, differentiate, differentiation, differentiator, difficile, difficult, difficulty, diffidence, diffident, diffluence

Example sentences from the Web for difficile

The most difficile woman in a shoe-store has at least a definite, tangible foot to fit.

The Innocents |Sinclair Lewis
The French archologists of the present day confess that it is "difficile d'en expliquer l'usage."

Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe |John Hewitt
Difficile est tristi fingere mente jocum—It is 30 difficult to feign mirth when one is in a gloomy mood.

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources |James Wood
Difficile est animum perducere ad contemtionem anim: and 58.

Dderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes |Ludwig Dderlein

There is nothing probable in the whole affair; every system, every hypothesis is difficile à croire.

James VI and the Gowrie Mystery |Andrew Lang