gobemouche
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French gobemouche. See gober (“to swallow whole”) and mouche (“fly”).
Noun
[edit]gobemouche (plural gobemouches)
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gober (“to swallow whole”) and mouche (“fly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gobemouche m (plural gobemouches)
- flycatcher
- a naive, gullible person
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gobemouche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.