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gullible (adjective):

: easily duped or cheated

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : The adjective gullible grew out of the older verb gull, meaning “to deceive or take advantage of.” (That gull originally meant “to guzzle or gulp greedily,” and comes from an even older gull meaning “throat, gullet.”) Another relative is the noun gull, referring to a person who is easy to cheat. However, no matter how much the seabirds we call gulls love to pilfer our picnic food, that avian gull has no relation, and is instead of Celtic origin

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