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adjective
1.
easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
2.
readily trained or taught; teachable.
Related forms
doc·ile·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. manageable, malleable; obedient.
1. manageable, malleable; obedient.
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Docile
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- He looked all right – middle-aged, docile features, trustworthy.
- Snails would seem fairly docile creatures.
- Pink, he had learned in his studies, tends to make one docile.
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Word Origin & History
docile
late 15c., from It. or Fr. docile, from L. docilis "easily taught," from docere "teach" (see doctor). Sense of "obedient, submissive" first recorded 1774.
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