indocile
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Mrs. Gould herself brought the little girl, trying to impress on Mrs. Brownlow that if she was indocile it was not her fault, but her grandfather could not bear to have her crossed.
From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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
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)
And again, for it was all the affair of the veriest moment, the slaves rushed once more on their indocile victim.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
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.
