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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: docilis, from docere 'to teach'

docile

 adjective
     
do‧cile
quiet and easily controlled:
Labradors are gentle, docile dogs.
—docilely adverb
—docility noun [uncountable]
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