Did you know that the word "gullible" isn't in any standard or online dictionary?
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Are you testing our gullibility? I checked OED and found:
ReplyDelete"gullible, a. Capable of being gulled or duped; easily cheated, befooled. Also absol."
The following is given as the earliest example use:
"1825 CARLYLE Schiller II. 104 The king of quacks, the renowned Cagliostro,..harrowing up the souls of the curious and gullible of all ranks..by various thaumaturgic feats."
And it gets worse!
ReplyDeleteThe Wikipedia entry says "Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Gullibility."
Amazing!
P.
You got me to click on "How to Identify a Jew," but not this one, Patrick ...
ReplyDeleteIs good. Gonna use this one.