gullible

Meanings

Adjective

Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.

Noun

A gullible person; someone easily fooled or tricked.

Related

Similar words

fleeceable, green, naif, naive

Origin

Either gull + -ible, or from dialectal Middle English gull ("newly hatched bird"), perhaps from Old Norse gulr, from the hue of its down.

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