DOCIBILITY; DOCIBLENESS
Doc`i*bil"i*ty, Doc"i*ble*ness, n. Etym: [L. docibilitas.]
Defn: Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility.
To persons of docibility, the real character may be easily taught in
a few days. Boyle.
The docibleness of dogs in general. Walton.
DOCIBLE
Doc"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. docibilis, fr. docere to teach.]
Defn: Easily taught or managed; teachable. Milton.
DOCILE 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.
DOCILITY
Do*cil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. docilitas, fr. docilis: cf. F. docilité.]
1. teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness. [Obs. or R.]
2. Willingness to be taught; tractableness. The humble docility of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative to the reception of the Christian faith. Beattie.