trainableness
nounEtymology From trainable + -ness.
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The state or condition of being trainable.
- But we must not forget that it was important for Jesus in many respects to form a small circle around Him very early, at a time when a great choice was not afforded Him (Matt. ix. 37, seq.), that Jesus must have regarded chiefly moral and intellectual trainableness, and that the final result of His training of the disciples (especially when we remember the turn which the Christian affairs took through the instrumentality of Paul) neither depended upon Him alone, nor even—if He did not possess omniscience (which even in John ii. 25, is certainly not attributed to Him)—could with certainty be foreseen.1849, Walter Carrick, “[Georg Benedikt] Winer’s Bible-Lexicon”, in John Kitto, editor, The Journal of Sacred Literature, volume IV, number VII, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 31:
- Look at the trainableness of animals. How sad to see a brute of a man driving an intelligent horse.1887, Walter Inglis, “Outlines of Sermons”, in William Cochrane, editor, Memoirs and Remains of the Reverend Walter Inglis, African Missionary and Canadian Pastor, Toronto, Ont.: C[hristopher] Blackett Robinson; Williamson & Co. Edinburgh: James Thin, →OCLC, page 254:
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- Each child served as his or her own control to minimize genetic effects of trainableness between students.2001, Nancy M. Lewis, Jean E. Guest, “Nutritional Concerns of Child Athletes”, in Ira Wolinsky, Judy A. Driskell, editors, Nutritional Applications in Exercise and Sport (Nutrition in Exercise and Sport), Boca Raton, Calif.: CRC Press, →ISBN, part I (Nutritional Concerns of Athletes During the Life Cycle), page 46: