# credulous

Pronunciation: US say "KREJ-uh-luhs" /ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/; UK

## Adjective

1. Too willing to believe what one is told, and so easily fooled or taken in.
   - Simple: Believing things too easily, so that you are easy to fool.
   - _A credulous public bought thousands of bottles of the so-called miracle tonic._
   - _He listened with wide, credulous eyes as his cousin described the ghost in the attic._
2. Of a story, claim, or report: believed too readily, with too little doubt.
   - Simple: Used about a story or claim that people believe too easily.
   - _The magazine ran yet another credulous story about a diet that melts fat overnight._
   - _Historians now set aside the credulous accounts of sea serpents found in old ships' logs._

## Origin

First recorded in 1576, borrowed from Latin crēdulus ("that easily believes a thing, credulous"), from crēdō ("to believe").

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