difficulte

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === defeculte, deficulte, difficultee === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French difficulte and their etymon Latin difficultās. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /diˌfikulˈteː/, /diˈfikulteː/ === Noun === difficulte (uncountable) (chiefly Late Middle English) Difficulty; the state of being difficult: Challenge in understanding or comprehension. Objection, obstruction; difficulty imposed by an obstacle. A difficult thing or situation. (rare) Reluctance, hesitation. ==== Related terms ==== difficult ==== Descendants ==== English: difficulty Middle Scots: defeculte Scots: diffeeculty, diffeequalty, defeeckwulty ==== References ==== “difficultẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.