Author: Gregor Overney
Date: 23:18:43 10/21/00
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On October 20, 2000 at 17:49:54, Dann Corbit wrote: >On October 20, 2000 at 17:28:47, John Smith wrote: > >>If chessmaster is so strong, then why isnt it listed with the professional >>software? > >It's pretty clear that this isn't a troll. > >And (by the way) did you know that the word 'gullible' isn't found in the >dictionary? >;-) Which dictionary are you talking about? gullible -------- Gullible is a derivative of the now archaic gull 'dupe,' itself a verbal use of the noun gull 'gullible person, simpleton.' This appears to have been a figrative extension of an ealier gull 'newly hatched bird', which survived dialectally into the late 19th century, and was itself perhaps a noon use of the obsolete adjective gull 'yellow' (borrowed from Old Norse gulr and still extant in Swedish and Danish gul 'yellow')...... if you want more just get a copy of "Arcade. Dictionary of Word Origins" by John Ayto (1990). Gregor
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