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Definition of Gullish
1. a. Foolish; stupid.
Definition of Gullish
1. Adjective. (archaic) Foolish, credulous, simple-minded. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gullish
1. simple [adj] - See also: simple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gullish
Literary usage of Gullish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"In our gullish times, whom you peradventure in modesty would give place to, as
being deceived by his habit, and presuming him some great worshipful man, ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... some things are true, some false, which for their own ends they will not have
the gullish commonalty take notice of. As well may witness their ..."
3. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... they will not have the gullish commonalty take notice of. As well may witness
their intolerable cov- ..."
4. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1905)
"... some things are true, some false, which for their own ends they will not have
the gullish commonalty take notice of. As well may witness their ..."
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