gul·li·ble

[guhl-uh-buhl]
adjective
easily deceived or cheated.
Also, gul·la·ble.


Origin:
1815–25; gull2 + -ible

gul·li·bil·i·ty, noun
gul·li·bly, adverb


credulous, trusting, naive, innocent, simple, green.
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gullible (ˈɡʌləbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
easily taken in or tricked
 
gulli'bility
 
n
 
'gullibly
 
adv

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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
And apparently some gullible staffer actually complied.
What you should have said was that if homeopaths continue to be permitted to
  fleece the gullible, homeopathy will survive.
The facsimiles are laced with misinformation, and designed to mislead the
  gullible and unsophisticated.
Stanfield said the gullible fellow actually believed him.
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