Etymology

gobemouche

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Today it means: A naive, gullible person. Full definition →

French gobemouche
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  1. French · borrowed fromgobemouche
  2. English todaygobemouche

From French gobemouche. See gober (“to swallow whole”) and mouche (“fly”).

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