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facile (adj.)
late 15c., "easy to do," from French facile "easy," from Latin facilis "easy to do," of persons, "pliant, courteous, yielding," from facere "to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Usually now with depreciatory implication. Of persons, "easily led," from 1510s.
updated on December 07, 2020
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Dictionary entries near facile
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face-value
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facilitate
facilitation
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