Etymology

badaud

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Today it means: A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler. Full definition →

French badaud
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  1. French · borrowed frombadaud
  2. English todaybadaud

From Occitan to French From French badaud.

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