a. Obs. rare–1. [a. F. badin, -ine, derivative of Pr. bad-ar:—late L. badāre to gape. Badin was in earlier usage ‘silly,’ as if ‘gaping.’ Cf. BADINAGE.] Frivolous, jesting.
1685. F. Spence, Medici, 453. A dialogue compleatly boufon, waggish, and badeen, between the head and the cap.
