difficile

UK /ˈdɪ.fɪ.saɪl/ US /ˈdɪ.fə.səl/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

abstruse, turned

VERB + DIFFICILE

called

DIFFICILE + NOUN

example, knowledge

PREP.

into

adj

Hard to work with; stubborn.

Difficult.

[…] forasmuch as he was to judge of an internall beauty, of a difficile knowledge, and abstruse discovery.

[…] forasmuch as he was to judge of an internall beauty, of a difficile knowledge, and abstruse discovery.

Wiktionary

She contracted a bacterial infection called Clostridium difficile which turned into sepsis.

Tatoeba · #8225910

Clostridioides difficile is an example of anaerobic bacteria.

Tatoeba · #10192451

i Register

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