deludable

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English

Etymology

From delude +‎ -able.

Adjective

deludable (comparative more deludable, superlative most deludable)

  1. Capable of being deluded; gullible.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica‎, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Book I, Chapter 2, p. 5:
      For well understanding the omniscience of his nature, he is not so ready to deceive himself, as to falsifie unto him whose cognition is no way deludable.
    • 1799, Arthur O’Connor, Arthur O’Connor’s Letter to Lord Castlereagh‎, page 35:
      [That] is too absurd to be mentioned by the most malignant calumniator, or to be credited by the most deludable dupe.
    • 2013, Reza Aslan, chapter 13, in Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth‎, Random House:
      One could simply stop the argument there, dismiss the resurrection as a lie, and declare belief in the risen Jesus to be the product of a deludable mind.

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