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doc·ile

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l; Brit. doh-sahyl] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.

2.	readily trained or taught; teachable.

[Origin: 1475–85; < L docilis readily taught, equiv. to doc(ére) to teach + -ilis -ile

]

—Related forms

doc·ile·ly, adverb

do·cil·i·ty

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—Synonyms 1. manageable, malleable; obedient.

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doc·ile Audio Help (dŏs'əl, -īl') Pronunciation Key
adj.

[Latin docilis, from docēre, to teach; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

doc'ile·ly adv., do·cil'i·ty (dŏ-sĭl'ĭ-tē, dō-) n.

1483, from It. or Fr. docile, from L. docilis "easily taught," from docere "teach" (see doctor). Sense of "obedient, submissive" first recorded 1774.

docile
adjective
1.	willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ant: obstinate]
2.	ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"
3.	easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

(of a person or animal) quiet and easy to manage
Example: a docile child/pony

Arabic:	طَيِّع، لَيِّن
Chinese (Simplified):	听话的，驯良的
Chinese (Traditional):	聽話的，馴良的
Czech:	poslušný
Danish:	medgørlig; føjelig
Dutch:	gedwee
Estonian:	kuulekas
Finnish:	sävyisä
French:	docile
German:	fügsam
Greek:	πράος
Hungarian:	kezelhető
Icelandic:	þægur, auðsveipur, viðráðanlegur
Indonesian:	penurut
Italian:	docile