gobemouche

English

Alternative forms

• gobe-mouche

Etymology

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

Noun

gobemouche (plural gobemouches)

1. A naive, gullible person.

Example:

1. Jamuel Yaw Asare, the elusive poet, dramatist and novelist and author of Maya Gonzalez presented Erickson Dante as a Gobemouche in "Maya Gonzalez."

French

Alternative forms

• gobe-mouche

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔb.muʃ/

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Noun

gobemouche m (plural gobemouches)

1. flycatcher (bird)
2. a naive, gullible person

Derived terms

• gobemouche gris
• gobemouche noir
• gobemoucheron

 

Further reading

• “gobemouche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.