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-ard

-ard suffix: someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).

Suffix

-ard

  1. Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).
    • drunk + -ard → drunkard
    • dull + -ard → dullard

Origin of -ard

From Middle English -ard, from Old French -ard (suffix), from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”). Cognate with Middle High German -hart. More at hard.

Questions about -ard

What does -ard mean?
-ard means someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).
What part of speech is -ard?
-ard is a suffix.

Words near -ard in the dictionary

  1. -ar
  2. -arabine
  3. -arch
  4. -arche
  5. -archy
  6. -ard
  7. -aria
  8. -arial
  9. -arian
  10. -aric
  11. -arism

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