indocile.
Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant.
Meaning & usage
Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl. Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-elis Proto-Italic *-elis Latin -ilis Latin docilis Latin indocilisder. French indocile ▲ Latin indocilis English indocile From either the French indocile or the Latin indocilis.
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