gullible

(Inglese)

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from Middle English gole, goll, gol (“an unfledged bird, silly fellow”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr (“yellow, pale”), from the hue of its down.

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