docile adj
1. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation" [ant: stubborn]
2. ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters" [syn: teachable]
3. easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient" [syn: gentle]

Docile \Doc"ile\, a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. ?, and L. discere to learn, Gr. ? learned, ? knowing: cf. F. 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.

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