faraud

Borrowed (1725) from Spanish faraute “messenger, herald, prologue presenter”, an orthographic variant of haraute (15th c.), from Old French heraut, hiraut (modern héraut) from Frankish *heriwald, evolution of Proto-Germanic *harjawaldaz, a compound consisting of Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”) + *h₂welh₁- (“to rule”). Compare Walter, which has these elements reversed.

• IPA^(key): /fa.ʁo/

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faraud (feminine faraude, masculine plural farauds, feminine plural faraudes)

1. smug or proud of one's appearance or clothing

• Louisiana Creole: faraud

• “faraud”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French faraud (“proudly dressed”).

faraud

1. to dress well

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales