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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Badaud

· Ba·daud · IPA
01 n. A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
  1. 1.
    A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
    “A host of stories . . . dealing chiefly with the subject of his great wealth, an ever delightful topic to the badauds of Paris.” — Pall Mall Mag.