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’.
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5/10/2021, 1:34 PM | LMS | |||
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| 3/25/2015, 9:47 PM | LMS | ||||
| 3/25/2015, 7:02 PM | LMS |