🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Obbedienza

Pronunciation / Transliteration: obbedienza

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Biddability/ˌbɪdəˈbɪləti/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La biddabilità del cane ha reso facile l'addestramento."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being biddable; the capacity to be commanded or directed.

    "The dog's biddability made it easy for the trainer to teach new commands."
  2. 2

    A characteristic of being obedient or compliant.

    "Her biddability in following the instructions impressed her supervisor."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'biddability' is derived from the verb 'bid', which has Old English roots in 'biddan', meaning 'to ask' or 'to command'. The suffix '-ability' indicates a quality or state, thus 'biddability' refers to the quality of being able to be commanded or requested.

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