The word "incredulous" comes from the Latin "incredulus," which means "not believing." This is a combination of the prefix "in-" meaning "not" and "credulus," meaning "believing," derived from "credere," which means "to believe." The term entered the English language in the early 17th century, retaining its meaning of being skeptical or unwilling to believe something.
Etymology means the study of the origin of words.
"Junk" comes from the 15th century word, "Jonke". Its origin is unkown.
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The origin of this word is Latin - from Opulentus
From Latin: transformare
The origin is in the Latin word 'incredulus', an adjective descibing a person who cannot believe something. A related word is 'incredible' from the Latin 'incredibilis' meaning that which cannot be believed.
A good word to use in place of incredulous is skeptical.
His response left me incredulous.
The root word for incredulous I think is incredible.
the suffix is "able"
The word "incredulous" is a synonym of the word "suspicious. " An example of "incredulous" in a sentence is "Most of the jury was incredulous about the prosecuting attorney handling the case. "
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It is unbelieveable that my brother would not like chocolate!
unreal, incredulous
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After I told my brother that there was a faerie in his room, he looked at me incredulously. His voice sounded incredulous when he asked me if I really had an A+.
"I find it incredulous that someone can have access to a computer and need to ask someone else how to find a piece of information; such as the definition of a word."