docious
docious adjective: docile, amenable to order.
Adjective
docious (comparative more docious, superlative most docious)
- Docile, amenable to order.
- I stood it all quite docious till the Doctor talked of trying arsenic, and then kicked. […] [T]he best man that the Almighty ever planted on this side had been awfully murdered. Stranger, I can’t bear to think of it now, but when I heard it the first time, it was jest arter I got religion—I...1848 October 14, P[hilip] P[axton] [pseudonym; Samuel Adams Hammett], “Old Charley Birkham. A Thrilling Incident of the Frontier. […]”, in Spirit of the Times […], volume XVIII, number 34, New York...
- I began to feel docious. Nothing was expected of me; she was a grown woman and she had the reins.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 137
Forms of docious
| comparative | more docious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most docious |
Origin of docious
Related to docity. Ultimately from Latin doceō (“to teach”); see -ous.
Questions about docious
- What does docious mean?
- Docious means docile, amenable to order.
- What part of speech is docious?
- Docious is an adjective.
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