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doc·ile    Audio Help   [dos-uhl; 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]

doc·ile·ly, adverb
do·cil·i·ty    Audio Help   [do-sil-i-tee, doh-] Pronunciation Key, noun

1. manageable, malleable; obedient.
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doc·ile    Audio Help   (dŏs'əl, -īl')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Ready and willing to be taught; teachable.
  2. Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable.


[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.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
docile 
1483, 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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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" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
docile [ˈdəusail, (American) ˈdosl] adjective
(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
Japanese: 従順な
Korean: 다루기 쉬운, 온순한
Latvian: paklausīgs; pakļāvīgs
Lithuanian: paklusnus
Norwegian: føyelig, medgjørlig
Polish: posłuszny, uległy
Portuguese (Brazil): dócil, manso
Portuguese (Portugal): dócil
Romanian: docil
Russian: послушный, покорный
Slovak: poslušný
Slovenian: ubogljiv, pohleven
Spanish: dócil, manso
Swedish: foglig, lätthanterlig
Turkish: uslu, uysal
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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