Meanings
comparative more disciplinable · superlative most disciplinable
- That can be instructed (by discipline); able to be taught.
Plato affirmeth, that melancholy minds are more excellent and disciplinable; So are there none more inclinable unto follie.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLCSynonyms: docile, educatable, instructible, teachable, tutorable
- For which one is liable to be disciplined or punished.
a disciplinable offence
Synonyms: castigable, chastisable, penal, castigable, chastisable, penal, punishable, statutable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat can be instructed (by discipline); able to be taught.
adjectiveFor which one is liable to be disciplined or punished.
adjectiveRelating to discipline; disciplinary.
Origin
- Latindisciplinabilis
- Englishdisciplinable
From discipline + -able and from Latin disciplinabilis.
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