indocile
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From either the French indocile or the Latin indocilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭndōʹsīl, ĭndŏʹsĭl, IPA(key): /ɪnˈdəʊsaɪl/, /ɪnˈdɒsɪl/
Adjective
[edit]indocile (comparative more indocile, superlative most indocile)
- Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- indocible (obsolete) →
- indocibility (obsolete)
- indocibleness (obsolete)
- indocible of (obsolete)
- indocility
References
[edit]- “indocile, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]indocile (plural indociles)
Further reading
[edit]- “indocile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]indocile (plural indocili)
- unruly, refractory, intractable
- Antonym: docile
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- indocile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]indocile
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔtʃile
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