difficile

adj — 2 senses

adj

UK /ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/ · US /ˈdɪ.fə.səl/

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

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., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.185

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