Docible
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Easily taught, tamed or managed; teachable. obsolete
"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 docible age."
Example
More examples"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 docible age."
Etymology
From Latin docibilis, from docere (“to teach”). Compare docile.
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