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
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
