credent
English
Adjective
credent (comparative more credent, superlative most credent)
- (obsolete) Gullible.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: Printed by I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, OCLC 760858814, [Act I, scene iii], lines 28–31:
- Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.
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Related terms
- credence
Anagrams
- centred, red cent
Latin
Verb
crēdent
- third-person plural future active indicative of crēdō
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkrɛdɛnt/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkreːdɛnt/, /ˈkrɛdɛnt/
Verb
credent (literary)
- third-person plural imperfect/conditional/imperative of credu
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| credent | gredent | nghredent | chredent |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||