gullible
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ə adjective
easily deceived or cheated.
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| —adj | |
| easily taken in or tricked | |
| gulli'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'gullibly | |
| —adv | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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.
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Example sentences
They found a public that was gullible and receptive to the bailout argument.
Although people are so gullible that this proves the lack of intelligent design.
The narrator sneaks that line in there so it's tough to hear and so gullible people won't catch it.
He will be far less gullible and far less subject to capture than an economist or a banker.
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