credent
adj1
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, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], signature C3, verso:
- Derived terms
- credently, miscredent
- Related terms
- credence