indocile
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Indeed, the child had always been wayward and strange, and especially indocile to Edith's instructions, although she seemed at times to have a strong affection for her.
From Delusion, or The Witch of New England by Lee, Eliza Buckminster
When Bossuet tried to educate his indocile pupil the Dauphin, he taught him how God is above man, as man is above the brute.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
In your morbid hypercriticalness, you may wish this indocile, undisguisable, and most unsheltered feature had been made a little longer, or a little shorter, or a little wider, or not quite so wide.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
How often," she says, "have I heard my sister Maria remark, 'Si mon père n'avait pas été si sévère avec moi, je n'aurais rien fait de bon; j'étais paresseuse et indocile.'
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling
A passionate temper of spirit is very indocile.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
