indocile

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A passionate temper of spirit is very indocile.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

I was indocile at an age When better boys were taught, But thou at length hast made me sage, If I am sage in aught.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

As instances of the first statement, the elephant is actually, and in his real circus life, an indocile and malicious beast, prone to blind rages, revenges, and sly malice.

From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various

The inhabitants were not indocile nor were they wanting in conception; but since they had been blessed with no light without themselves, they groped in the thickest darkness.

From Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. by Gierlow, John

How superior also the elevated brain of the poodle dog, when compared with that of the indocile, snarling cur!

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)