## Etymology
As a verb 'to deceive', perhaps from the dialectal gull ('unfledged bird, gosling'), implying a foolish or unwary person; the bird name is of uncertain Celtic origin, from Welsh gwylan ('gull').

## AI Etymology
Gull has sense-specific history: as a verb 'to deceive', perhaps from the dialectal gull ('unfledged bird, gosling'), implying a foolish or unwary person; the bird name is of uncertain Celtic origin, from Welsh gwylan ('gull'). Important recorded forms include gwylan (Old French). Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers a seabird of the family Laridae; also, to deceive or cheat someone. The wider family includes derived forms such as gullible and gullibility.

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