Gullible

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early 19th century: from gull2 + -ible.


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Either gull +‎ -ible, or from dialectal Middle English gull(“newly hatched bird”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr, from the hue of its down. [1]


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gullible (adj.)

1821, apparently a back-formation from gullibility. Spelling gullable is attested from 1818.