deludable

English

Etymology

From delude +‎ -able.

Adjective

deludable (comparative more deludable, superlative most deludable)

1. Capable of being deluded; gullible.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica‎^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], 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.

Derived terms

• undeludable

 

References

• “deludable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.