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schnook

/ʃnʊk/

Traduction: Nom d'origine yiddish désignant une personne naïve ou crédule, que l'on prend plutôt en pitié qu'en mépris.

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formalcommon/ʃnʊk/

A noun of Yiddish origin referring to a gullible or naive person who is more to be pitied than despised.

  • 🇫🇷Nom d'origine yiddish désignant une personne naïve ou crédule, que l'on prend plutôt en pitié qu'en mépris.
  1. Gullible or naive person C1 informal american

    A person who is easily fooled or taken advantage of, often in a way that evokes pity rather than anger.

    • He's such a schnook; he believed every lie she told him.
    • Don't be a schnook and fall for that scam.
    • The poor schnook lost all his money in that deal.

    🇫🇷Naïf, dupe

    Synonymes: chumpdupegullmarknaifpatsypushoversapsucker

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