disciplinableness

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Etymology

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From disciplinable +‎ -ness.

Noun

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disciplinableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being disciplinable.
    • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: [] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, [], published 1677, →OCLC:
      We find in animals [] something of Sagacity , Providence , Disciplinableness , and a something like unto a Discursive Ratiocination

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disciplinableness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.