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docible

docible adjective: easily taught, tamed or managed; teachable.

Adjective

docible (comparative more docible, superlative most docible)

  1. (obsolete) Easily taught, tamed or managed; teachable.
    • I doubt not but ye ſhall have more adoe to drive out dulleſt and lazieſt youth [...] then we have now to hale and drag our choiſeſt and hopefulleſt wits to that aſinine feaſt of ſowthiſtles and brambles which is commonly ſet before them, as all the food and entertainment of their tendereſt and moſt...[1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London]: […] [Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC, page 3

Forms of docible

comparativemore docible
superlativemost docible

Origin of docible

From Latin docibilis, from docere (“to teach”). Compare docile.

Words formed from docible

Questions about docible

What does docible mean?
Docible means easily taught, tamed or managed; teachable.
What part of speech is docible?
Docible is an adjective.

Words near docible in the dictionary

  1. dochmiacs
  2. dochmii
  3. dochmius
  4. dochmiuses
  5. docibility
  6. docible
  7. docibleness
  8. docile
  9. docilely
  10. docileness
  11. dociler

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