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# Word of the day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-1460/
- Published: 2019-05-24T18:15:43.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-22T21:16:46.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

The word for today is…

gullible (adj) – Easily deceived or duped.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/gullible?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Don’t fall for anyone who tries to convince you that gullible isn’t entered in the dictionary. It’s right there, along with the run-on entries gullibility and gullibly. All three words descend from the verb gull, meaning “to deceive or take advantage of.” The verb was borrowed into English from Anglo-French in the mid-16th century. Another relative is the noun gull, referring to a person who is easy to cheat—a word which is unrelated to the familiar word for a seabird, which is of Celtic origin.