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Definition of credulous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

credulous

adjective
 
/ˈkredʒələs/
 
/ˈkredʒələs/
(formal)
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  1. too ready to believe things and therefore easy to trick synonym gullible compare incredulous
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘inclined to believe’): from Latin credulus (from credere ‘believe’) + -ous.
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