Both Uses of
docile
in
Frankenstein
- M. Krempe was not equally docile; and in my condition at that time, of almost insupportable sensitiveness, his harsh blunt encomiums gave me even more pain than the benevolent approbation of M. Waldman.†
Chpt 6 *
- I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king if thou wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(docile) easily led or managed -- perhaps submissive or well-behaved