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docibleness

docibleness noun: teachableness; docility.

Noun

docibleness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Teachableness; docility.
    • The docibleness of dogs in general.1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The...
    • [describing a horse] " […] his docibleness and desire of glory and praise, and consequently his notable atchievements in War […] "1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 64

Origin of docibleness

From docible + -ness.

Questions about docibleness

What does docibleness mean?
Docibleness means teachableness; docility.
What part of speech is docibleness?
Docibleness is a noun.

Words near docibleness in the dictionary

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

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