different between taught vs indocile

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: tôt, IPA^(key): /t??t/
• Rhymes: -??t
• (US) enPR: tôt, IPA^(key): /t?t/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: tät, IPA^(key): /t?t/
• Homophones: taut, tort (non-rhotic accents), tot (with cot-caught merger)

Verb

taught

1. simple past tense and past participle of teach

Anagrams

• guttah, taghut

English

Etymology

From either the French indocile or the Latin indocilis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?nd??s?l, ?nd??s?l, IPA^(key): /?n?d??sa?l/, /?n?d?s?l/

Adjective

indocile (comparative more indocile, superlative most indocile)

1. Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant.

Derived terms

• indocileness

Related terms

• indocible (obsolete) ?
  • indocibility (obsolete)
  • indocibleness (obsolete)
  • indocible of (obsolete)
• indocility

References

• “indocile, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Italian

Etymology

From Latin indocilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?d?.t??i.le/

Adjective

indocile (plural indocili)

1. unruly, refractory, intractable

   Antonym: docile

Derived terms

• indocilmente

Related terms

• indocilità

Further reading

• indocile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

indocile

1. nominative neuter singular of indocilis
2. accusative neuter singular of indocilis
3. vocative neuter singular of indocilis