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Meaning & History

From late Middle English (in the sense ‘lacking confidence or trust in someone or something’) from Latin diffident- ‘failing in trust’, from the verb diffidere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + fidere ‘to trust’.
Added 3/25/2015 by LMS
Edited 5/10/2021 by LMS