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docile(dictionary)

docile (iou)



docile adjective. L15.
[Latin docilis, from docere teach. Cf. French docile (16).]
Apt or willing to learn; teachable. Now rare. L15.
S. Austin His docile and intelligent pupil.
Submissive to training or direction, not assertive; easily managed, tractable. L18.
A. Lewis The milk-white oxen waited Docile at the yoke. D. Murphy I sat beside my mother like the most docile of Victorian daughters.
Of a thing: submitting readily to treatment. L18.
docilely adverb M19.