docilityn.

/dəʊˈsɪlɪti/

Etymology: < French docilité (15th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin docilitāt-em , < docilis docile adj.

Docile quality.

a. Aptness to be taught; readiness to receive instruction; teachableness.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > aptness to be taught

docility1560

teachableness1571

docibility1607

docibleness1638

disciplinablenessa1676

docity1682

educability1815

educatability1832

teachability1876

1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 211 Tryell be tackin, whethir the spirit of docilitie be fund in them [sc. children of the poore] or not.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. xiv. §5. 360 Nature may giue the gift of docility to vs: but God giueth the gift of docility to it.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. 379.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 70. ⁋1 He that has neither acuteness nor docility..is a wretch without use or value.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 173 Tact and docility made no part of the character of Clarendon. To him England was still the England of his youth.

b. Amenability to training or treatment; submissiveness to management; tractability, obedience.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > tractability

treatableness1526

tractability1531

conformablenessa1533

tractableness1561

docility1603

ductility1654

amenableness1761

amenability1774

ductibility1795

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 961 That which the elephant learneth..whose docilitie is exhibited unto us in the theaters.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 525 The docility of these birds in employing their..powers, at the command of the fishermen.

1814 R. Southey Roderick xxv Roderick's own battle-horse..from his master's hand had wont to feed, And with a glad docility obey His voice familiar.

1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water xxx Marjorie bore her lot with exemplary docility and characteristic gentleness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	docility
释义	docilityn. /dəʊˈsɪlɪti/ Etymology: < French docilité (15th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin docilitāt-em , < docilis docile adj. Docile quality. a. Aptness to be taught; readiness to receive instruction; teachableness. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > aptness to be taught docility1560 teachableness1571 docibility1607 docibleness1638 disciplinablenessa1676 docity1682 educability1815 educatability1832 teachability1876 1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 211 Tryell be tackin, whethir the spirit of docilitie be fund in them [sc. children of the poore] or not. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. xiv. §5. 360 Nature may giue the gift of docility to vs: but God giueth the gift of docility to it. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. 379. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 70. ⁋1 He that has neither acuteness nor docility..is a wretch without use or value. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 173 Tact and docility made no part of the character of Clarendon. To him England was still the England of his youth. b. Amenability to training or treatment; submissiveness to management; tractability, obedience. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > tractability treatableness1526 tractability1531 conformablenessa1533 tractableness1561 docility1603 ductility1654 amenableness1761 amenability1774 ductibility1795 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 961 That which the elephant learneth..whose docilitie is exhibited unto us in the theaters. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 525 The docility of these birds in employing their..powers, at the command of the fishermen. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xxv Roderick's own battle-horse..from his master's hand had wont to feed, And with a glad docility obey His voice familiar. 1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water xxx Marjorie bore her lot with exemplary docility and characteristic gentleness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1560
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