trainableness

Noun

trainableness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being trainable.
   • But we must not forget that it was important for Jesus in many respects to form a small circle around Him very early, at a time when a great choice was not afforded Him (Matt. ix. 37, seq.), that Jesus must have regarded chiefly moral and intellectual trainableness, and that the final result of His...1849, Walter Carrick, “[Georg Benedikt] Winer’s Bible-Lexicon”, in John Kitto, editor, The Journal of Sacred Literature, volume IV, number VII, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 31
   • Look at the trainableness of animals. How sad to see a brute of a man driving an intelligent horse.1887, Walter Inglis, “Outlines of Sermons”, in William Cochrane, editor, Memoirs and Remains of the Reverend Walter Inglis, African Missionary and Canadian Pastor, Toronto, Ont.: C[hristopher]...

   Synonyms:

   trainability

   Antonyms:

   untrainability, untrainableness