docile
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English docyle, from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docēre (“teach”). Compare Spanish dócil ("docile").
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊ.saɪl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.səl/, /ˈdɑ.saɪl/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: (US) -ɑːsəl
Adjective[edit]
docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile)
- Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
- Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
- Such literature may well be anathema to those, who are too docile and petty for their own good.
Synonyms[edit]
- (ready to accept instruction): amenable, compliant, teachable
- (yielding to control): compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable, manageable
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “yielding to control”): perverse, defiant, rebellious, wilful
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
yielding to control
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accepting instructions
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
docile (plural dociles)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “docile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
docile (plural docili)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- docile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
docile
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