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diffident

dif·fi·dent

Today it means: Lacking confidence in others; distrustful. Full definition →

Latin diffīdentem

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Latin · borrowed fromdiffīdentem
English todaydiffident

From Latin diffīdentem, present participle of diffīdere (“to mistrust”). Doublet of defiant.

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