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English
Etymology
From Latin indocibilis. See in- (“not”) + docible.
Adjective
indocible (comparative more indocible, superlative most indocible)
- Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable.
1630–1634, Joseph Hall, “] On the Sight of a Bladder.”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. , volume VI (Devotional Works), London: C Whittingham, ; for Williams and Smith, , published 1808, →OCLC, page 200: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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