docile
- Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
- Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdəʊ.saɪl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English docyle, from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docēre (“teach”). Compare Spanish dócil ("docile").
easily taught
be tame
domestacated
willing to learn
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