Lexic.us

Definition of Docile

1. Adjective. Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed. "The docile masses of an enslaved nation"

2. Adjective. Ready and willing to be taught. "Teachable youngsters"

3. Adjective. Easily handled or managed. "A gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

Definition of Docile

1. a. Teachable; easy to teach; docible.

Definition of Docile

1. Adjective. Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management. ¹

2. Adjective. Ready to accept instruction or direction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Docile

1. easily trained [adj] : DOCILELY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Docile

dobutamine doby docent docents docetaxel docetic docetism docetist docetists dochmiac

dochmii dochmius docht docible docibleness docile (current term) docilely docileness dociler docilest

docilities docility docimacy docimastic docimasy docimology docity dock dock-cress dock-walloper

Literary usage of Docile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Gentle, indifferent, and subdued, In all but this unmoved he viewed Each outward change of ill and good: But Wilfrid, docile, soft, and mild, ..."

2. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski (1902)
"It is at once a capricious despot and a docile slave. Its mouthpieces and its guides, in order to lead it, are under the necessity of following it; ..."

3. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as Slaves by George Washington Williams (1883)
"THE NEGRO NOT so docile AS SUPPOSED.—THE REASON WHY HE WAS KEPT is BONDAGE.— NEGROES POSSESSED COURAGE BUT LACKED LEADERS. — INSURRECTION or SLAVES. — GEN. ..."

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