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   diffident

   /ˈdɪfɪd(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence: "a diffident youth"

   Word Origin 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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. diffidently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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