† indocibleadj.
Obsolete.
Incapable of being taught or instructed; unteachable. Also indocible of.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > disobediently stubborn
incorrigiblea1340
unchastisable1382
contumaxc1386
stubbornc1386
stoutc1410
contumacec1425
staffish?a1513
unwieldy1513
untractable1538
intractable1545
prefract?1549
incounselable1554
indocible1555
uncorrectable1562
refractorious1563
haggard1566
neck-stiff1570
uncounsellablea1578
refractary1583
contumacious1603
refractarious1609
refractory1615
unmanageable1616
immorigerous1623
refractive1623
pervicacious1633
unrectifiable1645
undocible1653
undocile1656
untractible1670
unadvisable1672
recalcitrant1797
unguidable1822
recalcitrary1861
society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [adjective] > unteachable
unteachablec1475
indocible1555
ineducable1884
uneducable1884
1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. 6j v Be not indocible lyke Tygers and dragons.
1666 W. Sancroft Lex Ignea 10 Our indocible and unteachable Humor.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 12 The learned too indocible, because..they think every thing a contradiction.
Derivatives
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > disobedient stubbornness
contumacec1230
unbuxomnessa1300
unbuxomheada1325
contumacyc1386
sturdinessa1400
stoutnessc1400
contumacityc1420
pervicacy1537
untractablenessa1600
pervicacity1604
contumation1618
refractariness1624
refractoriness1627
incorrigiblenessa1631
indocibleness1647
immorigerousness1649
contumaciousness1654
refracture1659
intractableness1664
unmanageableness1664
refractiveness1674
untractibleness1676
pervicaciousness1692
untreatableness1693
untractability1797
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > incapability of being taught
indocibility1607
unteachableness1607
indocibleness1647
unimprovableness1654
ineducability1918
1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική ii. 25 Out of pevishnesse and indociblenesse of disposition.
1679 R. Foulkes Alarme for Sinners 31 The ignorance or indocibleness of some of the People.
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adj.1555- to lean upon
- to leap afoot
- to leap at
- to leap bounds
- to leap from cock to ass
- to leap on
- to leap out of one's skin
- to leap out of oneself or one's skin
- to leap out of the frying pan into the fire
- to leap over the door
- to leap the pale
- to leap to be or do
- to leap to be or do something
- to leap to horse
- to leap upon
- to learn a person a thing or two
- to learn a thing or two
- to learn at one's mother's knee
- to learn by example
- to learn by heart, by rote
- to learn fashions
- to learn from example
- to learn one's lesson
- to learn out
- to learn the fashions