Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Foolish; stupid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Foolish; stupid.
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- adjective archaic
Foolish ,credulous , simple-minded.
Etymologies
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From gull + -ish.
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Examples
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And for which [6415] Austin cites Varro to maintain his Roman religion, we may better apply to them: multa vera, quae vulgus scire non est utile; pleraque falsa, quae tamen uliter existimare populum expedit; some things are true, some false, which for their own ends they will not have the gullish commonalty take notice of.
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