Swallowing the storySourced
Not region-specific · English meaning
Gobemouche describes a gullible person, with a fly in its ancestry
In English, a gobemouche is a naive or gullible person. The word was borrowed from French, with elements connected to swallowing whole and a fly. The English meaning is about readily believing people, rather than literally eating insects.
The odd-looking word names someone who swallows a story easily.
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