diffidere
31diffidently — diffident ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking in self confidence. DERIVATIVES diffidence noun diffidently adverb. ORIGIN Latin, from diffidere fail to trust …
32defy — [14] The underlying notion of defy is of the renunciation of allegiance. It comes via Old French defier from a Vulgar Latin *disfidāre ‘renounce one’s faith’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis , denoting reversal, and Latin fīdus… …
33diffidence — [dif′ə dəns] n. [ME < L diffidentia < diffidens, prp. of diffidere, to distrust < dis , not + fidere, to trust: see FAITH] lack of confidence in oneself, marked by hesitation in asserting oneself; shyness …
34diffident — adj. 1 shy, lacking self confidence. 2 excessively modest and reticent. Derivatives: diffidence n. diffidently adv. Etymology: L diffidere (as DIS , fidere trust) …
35diffide — verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin diffidere more at diffident intransitive verb obsolete : to lack faith : distrust transitive verb …
36dif´fi|dent|ly — dif|fi|dent «DIHF uh duhnt», adjective. 1. lacking in self confidence; shy; bashful: »... a serious young man, diffident and withdrawn (Time). SYNONYM(S): modest. 2. = distrustful. (Cf. ↑distrustful) ╂[< Lati …
37dif|fi|dent — «DIHF uh duhnt», adjective. 1. lacking in self confidence; shy; bashful: »... a serious young man, diffident and withdrawn (Time). SYNONYM(S): modest. 2. = distrustful. (Cf. ↑distrustful) ╂[< Lati …
