indocile

English

Etymology

From either the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French indocile or the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin indocilis.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭndōʹsīl, ĭndŏʹsĭl, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdəʊsaɪl/, /ɪnˈdɒsɪl/

Adjective

indocile (comparative more indocile, superlative most indocile)

1. Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant.

Derived terms

• indocileness

Related terms

• indocible (obsolete) →
  • indocibility (obsolete)
  • indocibleness (obsolete)
  • indocible of (obsolete)
• indocility

References

• “indocile, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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Italian

Adjective

1. unruly, refractory, intractable

Antonyms

• docile

Related terms

• indocilità

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) indocile

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