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tractable

trac·table

US/ˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)

  • “tractable young minds”
  • “gold is tractable”
  • “the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition” Samuel Butler
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2.

readily reacting to suggestions and influences

  • “a responsive student”
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Origin

From Middle English tractable, tractabel, from Latin tractābilis (“that may be touched, handled, or managed”), from tractō (“take in hand, handle, manage”), frequentative of trahō (“draw”).

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