单词 | docibility |
释义 | docibilityn. ? Obsolete. Capacity or aptness for being taught; teachableness. Coleridge differentiates docibility ‘aptness to be taught’ from docility ‘willingness to be taught’. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > aptness to be taught docility1560 teachableness1571 docibility1607 docibleness1638 disciplinablenessa1676 docity1682 educability1815 educatability1832 teachability1876 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 207 This beast is..of..wonderful meakenesse and docibility. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) VI. 446 (R.) To persons of docibility, the real character may be easily taught in a few days. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 185 Humility is the safest Ground of Docility: and Docility the surest Promise of Docibility. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1607 |
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