| 释义 |
dociˈbility ? Obs.
[f. next + -ity; cf. late L. docibilitās (Isidore), f. docibilis docible.]
Capacity or aptness for being taught; teachableness.
Coleridge differentiates docibility ‘aptness to be taught’ from docility ‘willingness to be taught’.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 162 This beast is..of..wonderful meekness and docibility. a1691Boyle Wks. VI. 446 (R.) To persons of docibility, the real character may be easily taught in a few days. 1825Coleridge Aids Refl. (1848) I. 148 Humility is the safest ground of docility and docility the surest promise of docibility. |