What is hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person. See Arduous called?
difficult — Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person. See Arduous. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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