transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)in-ˈkre-jə-ləs, -dyə-ləs ]
adjective
Etymology: Latin incredulus, from in- + credulus credulous
Date: 1579
1. : unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
2. : incredible 1
3. : expressing incredulity
an incredulous stare
• in·cred·u·lous·ly adverb
Usage:
Sense 2 was revived in the 20th century after a couple of centuries of disuse. Although it is a sense with good literary precedent—among others Shakespeare used it—many people think it is a result of confusion with incredible, which is still the usual word in this sense.