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incredulous, a.|ɪnˈkrɛdjʊləs|
[f. L. incrēdul-us. (see incredule) + -ous.]
1. Unbelieving; not ready to believe; sceptical. Formerly used of religious unbelief, but no longer applicable in that sense. Const. of, rarely † to.
1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 164 Harken what they [Scriptures] say of such as be altogether incredulous. 1582N. T. (Rhem.) John iii. 36 He that is incredulous to the Sonne, shal not see life. 1615Latham Falconry (1633) 84, I am altogether incredulous of it, and do know that no man in the world can maintaine it. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xxxvii. 235 It was not..that the end of Miracles was not to convert incredulous men to Christ. 1791Cowper Odyss. xiv. 475 Thou hast, in truth, a most incredulous mind. 1829Landor Wks. (1846) I. 425/2 They call it philosophical to be incredulous on holy things. 1836Alison Europe xxxi. §2 (1849–50) V. 299 They were ignorant or incredulous of the rapid change.
b. Of action, etc.: Indicating or prompted by incredulity.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 223, I perceive by your incredulous smiles, you will scarce beleeve. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 854 The woman gave A half-incredulous, half⁓hysterical cry.
†2. Not to be believed; = incredible. Obs.
1601Shakes. Twel. N. iii. iv. 88 No obstacle, no incredulous or vnsafe circumstance. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 554 Miracles..will be thought incredulous in this age. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. xviii. 380 Unto some it hath seemed incredulous what Herodotus reporteth of the great Army of Xerxes. 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 142 They..make such vast Improvements, as to raising Corn and Grass also, as is incredulous. 1750Warburton Julian Wks. (1811) VIII. 207 The crosses on the garments..must appear a very incredulous circumstance.
†b. as adv. = incredibly. Obs.
1533Bonner Let. to Hen. VIII in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1715) III. Collect. Records 38 The Pope, whos Sight is incredulous quick, eyed me, and that divers tymes.
Hence inˈcredulousness, incredulity.
1727in Bailey vol. II. 1755 in Johnson. |