Indocible

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

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

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