† ˈcullible, a. Obs.
[This adj., which is presupposed in the derivative cullibility (known 1728), would normally be derived from a verb cull; but none such is recorded; cf. however cull n.2, cully v.2 Gullible, gullibility, from gull v., appear much later than cullibility.]
Easily made a ‘cull’ or fool of; gullible.
| 1811 Shelley Let. 12 Jan. (1964) I. 45 Because men are & have been cullible, I see no reason why they shd. always continue so. 1822 Hazlitt Table-t., Spirit of Partizanship (1852) 276 These are lax and cullible in their notions of political warfare. |