disciplinable

adj — 3 senses

disciplinable

adj

UK /ˈdɪsɪplɪnəb(ə)l/

Etymology From discipline + -able and from Latin disciplinabilis.

1

That can be instructed (by discipline); able to be taught.

  • Plato affirmeth, that melancholy minds are more excellent and disciplinable; So are there none more inclinable unto follie.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
2

For which one is liable to be disciplined or punished.

  • a disciplinable offence
3

Obsolete Relating to discipline; disciplinary.

Derived terms
disciplinableness, indisciplinable, undisciplinable

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