单词 | bubbleable |
释义 | † bubbleableadj. Obsolete. Of a person: gullible; easy to cheat or dupe. Cf. bubble v. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [adjective] > gullible weak1423 simple-minded1556 gullish1598 soft1621 cheatable1647 miscarriageablea1656 bubbleable1668 imposablea1734 cullible1811 gullable1817 humbuggable1819 gullible1825 dupable1833 pigeonable1844 fleeceable1868 bluffable1885 hoodwinkable1889 yobbish1910 mug1922 1668 Leather-more: or Advice conc. Gaming (ed. 2) 6 If the Winner be bubbleable, they will..wheadle him into play and win all his Money. 1675 R. Head Proteus Redivivus ii. v. 202 Then is the time for the Wheedle to use his Hocus Pocus Tricks, and if there be none left whom he supposes bubbleable.., he will venture his money among those of his own profession, and then cheat that cheat can. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1668 |
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