docile
(adjective) willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; “the docile masses of an enslaved nation”
docile, gentle
(adjective) easily handled or managed; “a gentle old horse, docile and obedient”
docile, teachable
(adjective) ready and willing to be taught; “docile pupils eager for instruction”; “teachable youngsters”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile)
Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
• (yielding to control): compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable, manageable
• (ready to accept instruction): amenable, compliant, teachable
• (yielding to control): perverse, defiant, rebellious, wilful
• cleido-, coiled, coldie
Source: Wiktionary
Doc"ile, a. Etym: [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. discere to learn, Gr. docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.]
1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]
2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 May 2025
(adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; “her amatory affairs”; “amorous glances”; “a romantic adventure”; “a romantic moonlight ride”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
