credulous+person
91Joan — Popess Joan † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Popess Joan The fable about a female pope, who afterwards bore the name of Johanna (Joan), is first noticed in the middle of the thirteenth century. VARIATIONS OF THE FABLE First Version:… …
92Pope Joan — Popess Joan † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Popess Joan The fable about a female pope, who afterwards bore the name of Johanna (Joan), is first noticed in the middle of the thirteenth century. VARIATIONS OF THE FABLE First Version:… …
93simple — sim•ple [[t]ˈsɪm pəl[/t]] adj. pler, plest, n. 1) easy to understand or deal with 2) not elaborate or complicated; plain; unembellished: a simple design[/ex] 3) not ornate or luxurious; unadorned: a simple dress[/ex] 4) unaffected; unassuming;… …
94gobemouche — /ˈgɒbəmuʃ/ (say gobuhmoohsh) noun Rare a person who is naive and credulous. {French, from gober to swallow + mouche a fly; from the idea that such a person is always open mouthed in astonishment} …
95confusable words — 1. Words are most often confused because they are alike in form (or spelling) and in some aspect of meaning, as with fortunate and fortuitous, or prevaricate and procrastinate. Some sets are confused simply in spelling, although the meanings and… …
96SHALOM ALEICHEM — (Sholem Aleykhem; narrative persona and subsequent pseudonym of Sholem Rabinovitsh (Rabinovitz); 1859–1916), Yiddish prose writer and humorist born on February 18, 1859 (old style; March 2, new style), in Pereyaslav (today: Pereyaslav… …
97Badaud — Ba daud , n. [F.] A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler. [1913 Webster] A host of stories . . . dealing chiefly with the subject of his great wealth, an ever delightful topic… …
98naive — a*ive , naive a*[ i]ve (n[aum]*[=e]v ), a. [F. na[ i]f, fem. na[ i]ve, fr. L. nativus innate, natural, native. See {Native}, and cf. {Na[ i]f}.] 1. Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, na[ i]ve manners; a na[… …
99naive — a*ive , naive a*[ i]ve (n[aum]*[=e]v ), a. [F. na[ i]f, fem. na[ i]ve, fr. L. nativus innate, natural, native. See {Native}, and cf. {Na[ i]f}.] 1. Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, na[ i]ve manners; a na[… …
100Simple — Sim ple, a. [Compar. {Simpler}; superl. {Simplest}.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each,… …
