† credulencyn.

Forms: 1500s credulencie, 1800s credulency.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: credulent adj.

Etymology: < credulent adj.: see -ency suffix, -ulency suffix. Compare credulence n. and earlier credulity n.

Obsolete. rare.

Ready belief, credulity; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > over-readiness to believe, credulity > [noun]

overtrowingc1425

overtrowtha1500

overtrowshipa1525

credulity1547

tickle credit1563

credulency1586

credulousness1598

overcredulityc1625

credulence1650

sequaciousness1653

ultrafidianism1825

nasoductilitya1834

camel-swallowing1858

acceptativeness1870

leadableness1885

1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Oiii^v My credulencie, or thine inconstancie.

1833 J. Atkinson Med. Bibliogr. (1834) 276 It is both compiled and original; but is interspersed, however, with little outreities and credulencies, on the poyson of toads, and so forth.

1852 E. P. Hood Dream Land & Ghost Land xv. 188 Never was larger tax levied upon the public mind in the days of the most gross superstition, for credulency and belief, than is levied now from the demands of this new study.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	credulency
释义	† credulencyn. Forms: 1500s credulencie, 1800s credulency. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: credulent adj. Etymology: < credulent adj.: see -ency suffix, -ulency suffix. Compare credulence n. and earlier credulity n. Obsolete. rare. Ready belief, credulity; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > over-readiness to believe, credulity > [noun] overtrowingc1425 overtrowtha1500 overtrowshipa1525 credulity1547 tickle credit1563 credulency1586 credulousness1598 overcredulityc1625 credulence1650 sequaciousness1653 ultrafidianism1825 nasoductilitya1834 camel-swallowing1858 acceptativeness1870 leadableness1885 1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Oiii^v My credulencie, or thine inconstancie. 1833 J. Atkinson Med. Bibliogr. (1834) 276 It is both compiled and original; but is interspersed, however, with little outreities and credulencies, on the poyson of toads, and so forth. 1852 E. P. Hood Dream Land & Ghost Land xv. 188 Never was larger tax levied upon the public mind in the days of the most gross superstition, for credulency and belief, than is levied now from the demands of this new study. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1586
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