mouton de Panurge

Betekenis (Engels)

lemming, sheep (one who follows a group without thinking for himself)

Concepten

schaap van Panurge

Synoniemen

mouton

🐑

brebis

Vertalingen

sheep

🐑

running dog

lemming

buon uomo

buonuomo

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/mu.tɔ̃ d(ə) pa.nyʁʒ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From a character, called Panurge, in the book by François Rabelais. In the story, Panurge buys a sheep from a vendor and in revenge throws it into the sea. The other sheep in the flock, and the vendor himself who has jumped on the back of the final sheep, instinctively follow suit and drown in the sea too.