Definition of -ard
1.
The
termination
of
many
English
words
;
as
,
cow
ard
,
reyn
ard
,
drunk
ard
,
mostly
from
the
French
,
in
which
language
this
ending
is
of
German
origin
,
being
orig
.
the
same
word
as
English
hard
.
It
usually
has
the
sense
of
one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root
;
as
,
bragg
art
,
slugg
ard
.
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