indocible
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, Joseph Hall, Occasional meditations
- 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.
- 1630, Joseph Hall, Occasional meditations
Related terms
- indocibleness