badaud

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noun

A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.

“Pall Mall Magazine a host of stories […] dealing chiefly with the subject of his great wealth, an ever delightful topic to the badauds of Paris.”

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Meanings

nounbadaud (plural badauds)

plural badauds

  1. A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.

    Pall Mall Magazine a host of stories […] dealing chiefly with the subject of his great wealth, an ever delightful topic to the badauds of Paris.

Origin

  1. Frenchbadaud
  2. Englishbadaud

From Occitan to French From French badaud.

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APA

badaud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badaud

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“badaud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badaud. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “badaud,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badaud.

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