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Webster 1913 Edition


Indocible

In-doc′i-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
indocibilis
. See
In-
not, and
Docible
.]
Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile.
Bp. Hall.
In-doc′i-ble-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Indocible

INDO'CIBLE

,
Adj.
[in and docible; L. doceo, to teach.]
1.
Unteachable; not capable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect.
2.
Intractable, as a beast.

Definition 2024


indocible

indocible

English

Adjective

indocible (comparative more indocible, superlative most indocible)

  1. Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable.
    • Bishop Joseph Hall
      Let him alone, till time and ill example have hardened him; till he be settled in a habit of evil, and contracted and clung together with sensual delights; now he becomes utterly indocible.

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