difficile

Hard to work with; stubborn.

Adjective

  1. Hard to work with; stubborn.
  2. 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

Origin

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

Forms

more difficile most difficile

Derived

difficileness