indocile

American  

[in-dos-il] / ɪnˈdɒs ɪl /

adjective

1. not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.

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indocile British  

/ ˌɪndəʊˈsɪlɪtɪ, ɪnˈdəʊsaɪl /

adjective

1. difficult to discipline or instruct

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Other Word Forms

• indocility noun

Etymology

Origin of indocile

From the Latin word indocilis, dating back to 1595–1605. See in- ³, docile

Example Sentences

Under their instruction he proved as ready a scholar, as he had been indocile and restive to the pedant who held the office of his tutor.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William

In your morbid hypercriticalness, you may wish this indocile, undisguisable, and most unsheltered feature had been made a little longer, or a little shorter, or a little wider, or not quite so wide.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

The chambers are indocile for the same reason; encourage every body, and every body will be on your side.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron

Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable.

From The Armourer's Prentices by Hennessy, W.J.

A feeling of sudden, proud self-confidence, an indocile wish to walk unmoved in spite of grim environments, plainly possessed him, and when he reached the wicket-gate he turned in without apparent effort. 

From Wessex Tales by Hardy, Thomas