disciplinable, a.
(ˈdɪsɪplɪnəb(ə)l)
[ad. L. disciplīnābil-is to be learnt by teaching, f. disciplīnāre to instruct: see discipline v. and -ble. Cf. F. disciplinable, 15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.]
1. Amenable to discipline or teaching; capable of being instructed; docile.
| 1542 Udall Erasm. Apoph. 196 b, Of Elephantes, how disciplinable and of how greate prudence, docilitee and..capacitee and aptitude thei are. 1559 Abp. Parker Corr. 63 If ye see ought in my quire worth reformation ye know I am disciplinable. 1639 Marcombes in Lismore Papers Ser. ii. (1888) IV. 101 Your hopefull sons..are very noble, vertuous, discret and disciplinable. 1840 Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) II. 146 Instead of the most disciplinable one of the most intractable races among mankind. 1889 Temple Bar Mag. Nov. 406 Lads..who were disciplinable to take a special line. |
† 2. Of or pertaining to instruction; disciplinary.
| 1644 Digby Nat. Bodies ii. ix. (1645) 84 Those Philosophers, who in a disciplinable way search into nature. 1677 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 311 Animals..are advanceable by Industry and disciplinable Acts to a great perfection. |
3. Subject or liable to discipline or correction.
| 1870 Anderson Missions Amer. Bd. II. xix. 155 [They] had maintained their standing as Christians, and avoided all disciplinable offences. |
Hence disciplinableness, the quality of being amenable to discipline; docility.
| 1677 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. i. 16 We find in Animals..something of Sagacity, Providence, Disciplinableness. |