English
gobe-mouche
Gobe-mouche comes from French gobe-mouche.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgobe-mouche
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgobe-mouche
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from French gobe-mouche
Today it means
noun A naive, gullible person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French gobe-mouche / gobe-mouche