Hypertext Webster Gateway: "docile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Docile \Doc"ile\, a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. ?,
and L. discere to learn, Gr. ? learned, ? knowing: cf. F.
docile. Cf. {Doctor}, {Didactic}, {Disciple}.]
1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]
2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a
docile child.
The elephant is at once docible and docile. -- C. J.
Smith.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
docile
adj 1: willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the
docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ant: {stubborn}]
2: ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for
instruction"; "teachable youngsters" [syn: {teachable}]
3: easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and
obedient" [syn: {gentle}]
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