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   Cred·u·lous

   /ˈkrejələs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing too great a readiness to believe things: "a ceremony staged for credulous tourists"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the general sense ‘inclined to believe’): from Latin credulus (from credere ‘believe’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. credulously adverb
   • 2. credulousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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