Difficile
/ˈdɪ.fə.səl/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Example
More examples"She contracted a bacterial infection called Clostridium difficile which turned into sepsis."
Etymology
From late Old French difficile, from Latin difficilis, from dis- + facilis (“easy”).