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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-ard or -art,- suffix. -ard or -art is attached to some verbs and nouns to form nouns that refer to persons who regularly do an activity, or who are characterized in a certain way, as indicated by the stem: dullard (= one who is dull);
drunkard (= one who is drunk).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-ard, - a suffix forming nouns that denote persons who regularly engage in an activity, or who are characterized in a certain way, as indicated by the stem;
now usually pejorative:coward; drunkard;wizard.
Also, -art. - Old French, probably extracted from Frankish compound personal names; compare Old High German Adalhart (French Alard), Bernhart (French Bernard), with 2d element -hart literally, strong, hardy, hard (cognate with Old English -heard in names), often merely as intensifier of quality denoted in 1st element.
- Middle English
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ard, -art suffix forming nouns - indicating a person who does something, esp to excess, or is characterized by a certain quality: braggart, drunkard, dullard
Etymology: via Old French from Germanic -hard (literally: hardy, bold), the final element in many Germanic masculine names, such as Bernhard Bernard, Gerhart Gerard, etc |