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Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - incredulous

 

Incredulous

incredulous
adj. (often foll. by of) unwilling to believe. Derivatives incredulity n. incredulously adv. incredulousness n. Etymology: L incredulus (as IN-(1), CREDULOUS)
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  adjective Etymology: Latin incredulus, from in+ credulus credulous Date: 1579 unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true ; not credulous ; skeptical, incredible 1, expressing incredulity , ~ly adverb Usage: Sense 2 was revived in the 20th century after a couple of centuries of disuse. Although it is a sense with good literary precedent—among others Shakespeare used it—many people think it is a result of confusion with incredible, which is still the usual word in this sense. ...
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