gobe-mouche

noun

A naive, gullible person.

OriginFrench gobe-mouche →
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Meanings

noun

alternative gobemouche

  1. A naive, gullible person.

Origin

  1. Frenchgobe-mouche
  2. Englishgobe-mouche

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

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