gobemouche means A naive, gullible person. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
GOBEMOUCHE — [Noun] One who is credulously gullible, absorbing tales and rumors with unthinking eagerness. From French gobemouche, from gober ("to swallow whole") + mouche ("fly"), literally meaning "fly-swallower." Unlike "credulous" (a general disposition toward belief) or "dupe" (one already ensnared by a specific deceit), a gobemouche is defined by a perpetual state of open-mouthed, ingestive readiness. It is the slack-jawed onlooker in the town square, the wide-eyed tourist accepting a map to buried treasure, the earnest nodder before a mountebank's stage—a portrait of trust so profound it borders on the devotional. The tragedy lies not in being deceived, but in the endless, hungry capacity to be.
noun
- A naive, gullible person.