Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - gullible
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adj. easily persuaded or deceived, credulous. Derivatives gullibility n. gullibly adv. Etymology: GULL(2) + -IBLE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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adj. легковерный, доверчивый Syn: credulous, naive, trusting Ant: critical, disbelieving, doubtful, dubious, questioning, sceptical GULLY I 1. noun 1) глубокий овраг, лощина (образованные водой) 2) водосток 3) желобчатый рельс 2. v. образовывать овраги, канавы II noun большой нож ...Англо-русский словарь
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If you describe someone as gullible, you mean they are easily tricked because they are too trusting. I’m so gullible I would have believed him. ADJ • gullibility Was she taking part of the blame for her own gullibility? N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj too ready to believe what other people tell you, so that you are easily deceived (Plastic replicas were sold to gullible tourists as ancient relics.) - gullibly adv - gullibility n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1793, of uncertain origin. Gull was a cant term for "dupe, sucker" (1594), perhaps from the bird, or from 16c. gull "to swallow" (from O.Fr. goule, from L. gula "throat"); in either case with a sense of "someone who will swallow anything thrown at him." Another possibility is 14c. dial. gull "newly hatched bird," perhaps from O.N. golr "yellow," from the hue of its down. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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