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indocible

indocible adjective: incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable.

Adjective

indocible (comparative more indocible, superlative most indocible)

  1. Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable.
    • Let him alone, till time and ill example have hardened him; till he be settled in a habit of evil, and contracted and clung together with sensual delights; now he becomes utterly indocible.1630–1634, Joseph Hall, “[Occasional Meditations, […]] On the Sight of a Bladder.”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI...

Forms of indocible

comparativemore indocible
superlativemost indocible

Origin of indocible

From Latin indocibilis. See in- (“not”) + docible.

Words formed from indocible

Questions about indocible

What does indocible mean?
Indocible means incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable.
What part of speech is indocible?
Indocible is an adjective.

Words near indocible in the dictionary

  1. Indochinese hog deer
  2. Indochinese hog deers
  3. indochinite
  4. indochinites
  5. indocibility
  6. indocible
  7. indocibleness
  8. indocile
  9. indocilities
  10. indocility
  11. indoctrinability

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