docile

Etymology

From Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docere (“teach”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊ.sail/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑː.səl/, /ˈdɑː.saɪl/

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Adjective

docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile)

1. Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
2. Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

Anagrams

• cleido-, coiled, coldie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.sil/

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Adjective

docile (plural dociles)

1. docile.

Further reading

• “docile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

docile (masculine and feminine plural docili)

1. compliant, obedient, mild
2. docile, meek

Adjective

docile

1. nominative neuter singular of docilis
2. accusative neuter singular of docilis
3. vocative neuter singular of docilis