not docile; difficult to manage or discipline
Origin of indocile
French from Classical Latin indocilisindocile
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indocile
adjective
Resistant to authority or discipline; recalcitrant.
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Adjective
(comparative more indocile, superlative most indocile)
- Unwilling to be taught or instructed; intractable or recalcitrant.
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