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gul⋅li⋅ble
[guhl-uh-buh
l] 
–adjective
| easily deceived or cheated. |
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| gul·li·ble (gŭl'ə-bəl) adj. Easily deceived or duped. [From gull2.] gul'li·bil'i·ty n., gul'li·bly adv. |
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Gullible
Gul"li*ble\, a. Easily gulled; that may be duped. -- Gul"li*bii`i*ty, n. --Burke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Gullible
Spanish:
crédulo, simplón,
German:
leichtgläubig,
Japanese:
だまされやすい
gullible
1793 (implied in gullibility), earlier cullibility (1728), probably connected to gull, a cant term for "dupe, sucker" (1594), which is of uncertain origin. It is perhaps from the bird (see gull (n.)), or from verb gull "to swallow" (1530, from O.Fr. goule, from L. gula "throat," see gullet); in either case with a sense of "someone who will swallow anything thrown at him." Another possibility is M.E. dial. gull "newly hatched bird" (1382), which is perhaps from O.N. golr "yellow," from the hue of its down.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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