docile

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Quiet and easy to control or manage.

   The old horse was docile and let the children ride it without any trouble.

2. 2
   adj

   Ready and willing to be taught or led.

   The teacher was lucky to have such docile pupils, eager to learn whatever she taught.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin docilisder. Middle French docilebor. Middle English docyle English docile From Middle English docyle, from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docēre (“teach”). Compare Spanish dócil ("docile").

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