credent

C3R1E1D2E1N1T1

adjective

Gullible.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectivecredent (comparative more credent, superlative most credent)

comparative more credent · superlative most credent

  1. obsoleteGullible.

    Then vvay vvhat loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If vvith too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], signature C3, verso

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