disciplinable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From discipline + -able and from Latin disciplinabilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]disciplinable (comparative more disciplinable, superlative most disciplinable)
- That can be instructed (by discipline); able to be taught.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- Plato affirmeth, that melancholy minds are more excellent and disciplinable; So are there none more inclinable unto follie.
- For which one is liable to be disciplined or punished.
- a disciplinable offence
- (obsolete) Relating to discipline; disciplinary.
Synonyms
[edit]French
[edit]Adjective
[edit]disciplinable (plural disciplinables)
Further reading
[edit]- “disciplinable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.