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indocile

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in⋅doc⋅ile

  [in-dos-il]
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–adjective
not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L indocilis. See in- 3 , docile
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in·doc·ile   (ĭn-dŏs'əl)   
adj.  Resistant to authority or discipline; recalcitrant.
in'do·cil'i·ty (ĭn'dŏ-sĭl'ĭ-tē, -dō-) n.
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