# badaud

> English word · Noun

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

## Etymology
From Occitan to French
From French badaud.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/badaud