dif|fi|cile

dif|fi|cile
dif|fi|cile «DIHF uh SEEL, dih FIHS uhl; French dee fee SEEL», adjective.
Obsolete, except as French. (of persons) hard to deal with; hard to please or satisfy; troublesome: »

[He] fought back and acquired the reputation of being difficile, as the French would say (New York Times).

[< Middle French difficile, learned borrowing from Latin difficilis; see etym. under difficulty (Cf.difficulty)]

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