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

When Bossuet tried to educate his indocile pupil the Dauphin, he taught him how God is above man, as man is above the brute.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund

Mrs. Gould herself brought the little girl, trying to impress on Mrs. Brownlow that if she was indocile it was not her fault, but her grandfather could not bear to have her crossed.

From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

The Empire which made him Senator gained, however, but an indocile recruit. 

From The Ways of Men by Gregory, Eliot

On these front seats sat the gay and indocile Belgian girls.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

And again, for it was all the affair of the veriest moment, the slaves rushed once more on their indocile victim.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns