gullish

English

Etymology

gull +‎ -ish

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌlɪʃ/

Adjective

gullish (comparative more gullish, superlative most gullish)

1. (archaic) Foolish, credulous, simple-minded.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , New York, 2001, p.115:

     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 […].