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teachable, a.|ˈtiːtʃəb(ə)l|
[f. teach v. + -able.]
†1. Able or apt to teach. Obs.
1483Cath. Angl. 378/2 Techeabylle, docibilis, qui faciliter docet alios; docilis, qui faciliter docetur. 1641,1695[implied in teachableness 2].
2. Capable of being taught (as a person); apt to receive instruction; docile; tractable.
1483[see in 1]. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. ii. 7 And let such knowledge make us teachable. 1684J. Scott Chr. Life (ed. 3) 160 To keep our Minds in a teachable temper. 1725Berkeley Proposal, etc. Wks. 1871 III. 226 They are..less conceited, and more teachable. 1855Kingsley Heroes Pref. (1868) 12 These old Greeks were teachable, and learnt from all the nations round.
3. Capable of being taught (as a subject); that may be communicated or imparted by instruction.
1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. iii. v. 63 He brings in Socrates refuting that opinion of the Stoics, That virtue was..teachable. 1816Bentham Chrestom. 17 The subject,—in so far as teachable by exhibition of figure, colour, and other sensible qualities,—will be taught. 1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. viii. ii. §12. 174 To teach you..everything that is teachable.
Hence teachaˈbility = next 1, 3.
1876Daily News 4 Dec. 3/1 It requires an unusual modesty and teachability of disposition. 1882Pop. Sc. Monthly XXI. 436 Carnivores..exhibit only moderate teachability. 1887St. G. Stock Plato's Meno 26 The same diversity of opinion..with regard to the teachability of virtue. |