docious
(US, regional) Docile, amenable to order.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(US, regional) Docile, amenable to order.
I stood it all quite docious till the Doctor talked of trying arsenic, and then kicked. [T]he best man that the Almighty ever planted on this side had been awfully murdered. Stranger, I can’t bear to think of it now, but when I heard it …
Origin: Related to docity. Ultimately from ; see. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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