Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

docious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: do-cious
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Docile, amenable to order.

American usage

Example Sentences

"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 the first time, it was jest arter I got religion—I could’nt^([sic]) help it—I swore jest nigh on to half a hour, right straight on eend. I can hardly keep my tongue docious now to talk about it."
"I began to feel docious. Nothing was expected of me; she was a grown woman and she had the reins."

Etymology

Related to docity. Ultimately from Latin doceō (“to teach”); see -ous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -ous
Root: doceō

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

more docious (comparative) most docious (superlative)

Questions

What does docious mean?: Docile, amenable to order.
Where does docious come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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