Mugg

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. A person who is easily deceived, tricked, or taken advantage of by others
2. Someone naive and credulous, readily fooled by con artists or swindlers
3. A gullible individual who is an easy target for deception or exploitation

Etymology: "Mugg" is an alternative spelling of "Magh," the name of the eighth month of the Bengali calendar's Magh season in some usages, and also the name of an ethnic group of Bangladesh and Myanmar's Arakan coast. The name is perhaps related to Magadha, the ancient kingdom of northeastern India whose name appears in Sanskrit and Pali sources, though the connection remains uncertain. Because the link to Magadha is only a possibility, the name's exact origin cannot be pinned down with confidence. The spelling "mugg" is an anglicized rendering of the same name, showing how a South Asian word was written in English with an English vowel and consonant pattern.