Badaud \Ba`daud"\, n. [F.]
A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder
or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]