Meanings
adjectivegullish (comparative more gullish, superlative most gullish)
comparative more gullish · superlative most gullish
- archaicFoolish, credulous, simple-minded.
besides this inbred neglect of liberal sciences and all arts, which should excolere mentem, polish the mind, they have most part some gullish humour or other, by which they are led[…].
1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 115
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