docible

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adjective

Easily taught, tamed or managed; teachable.

OriginLatin docibilis →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

adjectivedocible (comparative more docible, superlative most docible)

comparative more docible · superlative most docible

  1. obsoleteEasily taught, tamed or managed; teachable.
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    I doubt not but ye ſhall have more adoe to drive out dulleſt and lazieſt youth [...] then we have now to hale and drag our choiſeſt and hopefulleſt wits to that aſinine feaſt of ſowthiſtles and brambles which is commonly ſet before them, as all the food and entertainment of their tendereſt and moſt docible age.

    [1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London]: […] [Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC, page 3

Origin

  1. Latindocibilis
  2. Englishdocible

From Latin docibilis, from docere (“to teach”). Compare docile.

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APA

docible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docible

MLA

“docible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docible. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “docible,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docible.

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