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-art

-ard

,

-art

.
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
.

Definition 2024


-art

-art

See also: art, Art, ART, árt, ärt, 'art, art., and Appendix:Variations of "art"

Old French

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-art

  1. used to form nouns or adjectives, often with pejorative meanings

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