English Explanatory Dictionary

gobemouche

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A naive, gullible person.

Word forms

gobemouche gobemouches gobe-mouche

Etymology

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

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