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Thread #93099   Message #1787591
Posted By: Charmion
19-Jul-06 - 04:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Interesting Facts
Subject: RE: BS: Interesting Facts
Gullible is so in the dictionary: my 2002 OED on CD has it as follows:

gullible, a.

... bunch of phonetics, [f. GULL v. + -IBLE; historically it seems to have been a back-formation from prec. Cf. GULLABLE.]

Capable of being gulled or duped; easily cheated, befooled. Also absol.