indocible

English

Etymology

From Latin indocibilis. See in- (not) + docible.

Adjective

indocible (comparative more indocible, superlative most indocible)

  1. Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable.
    • Bishop Joseph Hall
      Let him alone, till time and ill example have hardened him; till he be settled in a habit of evil, and contracted and clung together with sensual delights; now he becomes utterly indocible.
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