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credent

credent adjective: gullible.

Adjective

credent (comparative more credent, superlative most credent)

  1. (obsolete) Gullible.
    • Then vvay vvhat loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If vvith too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604...

Forms of credent

comparativemore credent
superlativemost credent

Words formed from credent

Questions about credent

What does credent mean?
Credent means gullible.
What part of speech is credent?
Credent is an adjective.

Words near credent in the dictionary

  1. credencive
  2. credenciveness
  3. credenda
  4. credendum
  5. Credenhill
  6. credent
  7. credential
  8. credential inflation
  9. credential stuffing
  10. credentialed
  11. credentialing

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