disciplinable
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈdɪsɪplɪnəb(ə)l/
Adjective

disciplinable

  1. That can be instructed (by discipline); able to be taught.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
      Plato affirmeth, that melancholy minds are more excellent and disciplinable; So are there none more inclinable unto follie.
  2. For which one is liable to be disciplined or punished.
    a disciplinable offence
  3. (obsolete) Relating to discipline; disciplinary.
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