It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 27th.

Today's word is docile, also pronounced docile and spelled D-O-C-I-L-E.

Docile is an adjective.

It's used to describe those who are easily taught, led, or managed.

Here's the word used in a sentence from Variety.

An homage to David Cronenberg's 2005 film A History of Violence, Leo released on October 19th.

The action thriller follows a docile cafe owner, Vije, who is incited to return to his violent

past.

Dossil students have always made teaching easier than it otherwise would be.

Today, calling students Dossil indicates that they aren't troublemakers, but there's more

than just good behavior connecting docility to teachability. The original meaning of docile is

more to the point, readily absorbing something taught.

The docile mind may soon thy precepts no, rendered Ben Johnson, for example, in a 17th century translation of the Roman poet Horace.

Dossil comes from the Latin verb Dokaree, which means to teach.

Other descendants of Dokaree include doctrine, which can mean something that is taught,

document, an early meaning of which was instruction, and doctor and docent,

both of which can refer to teachers.

With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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