gullibilityn.

/ɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪti/

Etymology: Apparently an alteration of cullibility n., after gull v.³‘A low expression, sometimes used for cullibility’ (Todd 1818).

The quality of being gullible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullibility

cheatableness1657

cullibility1728

dupery1759

gullibility1793

dupism1798

humbuggability1798

gullability1822

gullableness1830

dupability1841

pluckability1841

dupedom1843

1793 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1861) II. 505 He [Dumouriez]..by favour of the Duke of Brunswick's gullibility, gets considerable credit.

1809 N. Slone in European Mag. Jan. 18/2 This gentleman..entertained the House with a long descant upon the gullibility of the English nation..our future lexicographers will be much indebted to him for sanctioning a word so well calculated to enrich our language.

1826 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 86/2 He had sounded the gullibility of the world; knew the precise current value of pretension [etc.].

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iii. 40/2 In Education, Polity, Religion,..probably Imposture is of sanative, anodyne nature, and man's Gullibility not his worst blessing.

1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxxix. 442 [He] practised on the gullibility of..undergraduates.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	gullibility
释义	gullibilityn. /ɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪti/ Etymology: Apparently an alteration of cullibility n., after gull v.³‘A low expression, sometimes used for cullibility’ (Todd 1818). The quality of being gullible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullibility cheatableness1657 cullibility1728 dupery1759 gullibility1793 dupism1798 humbuggability1798 gullability1822 gullableness1830 dupability1841 pluckability1841 dupedom1843 1793 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1861) II. 505 He [Dumouriez]..by favour of the Duke of Brunswick's gullibility, gets considerable credit. 1809 N. Slone in European Mag. Jan. 18/2 This gentleman..entertained the House with a long descant upon the gullibility of the English nation..our future lexicographers will be much indebted to him for sanctioning a word so well calculated to enrich our language. 1826 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 86/2 He had sounded the gullibility of the world; knew the precise current value of pretension [etc.]. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iii. 40/2 In Education, Polity, Religion,..probably Imposture is of sanative, anodyne nature, and man's Gullibility not his worst blessing. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxxix. 442 [He] practised on the gullibility of..undergraduates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1793
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