difficult
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/
The English word “difficult” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
- Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
- Unable or unwilling.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English difficult (ca. 1400), a back-formation from difficulte (whence modern difficulty), from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, from difficul, older form of difficilis (“hard to do, difficult”), from dis- + facilis (“easy”); see difficile. Replaced native Middle English earveþ (“difficult, hard”), from Old English earfoþe (“difficult, laborious, full of hardship”),…
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