credulity

[Fr. crédulité; Ital. credulità; Sp. credulidad, from Lat. credulitas, from credulus =believing from credo to believe.] Easine of belief; a disposition readily and without sufficient evidence or inquiry to accept the statements of any person. "That would have shock'd Credulity herself, Unmask'd, vouchsafing this their sole excuse." Cowper: The Task , bk. ii. crěd'-u-lous, a. [Lat. credulus , from credo =to believe.] *1. Easily or readily believed. "'Twas he po e ed me with your credulous death." Beaum & Fletcher . IMG:content-1292.png:[blocks in formation] p. iii. ."-Goodman: Wint.