-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; dullard; drunkard; wizard.
Origin of -ard
1- Also -art.
Words Nearby -ard
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How to use -ard in a sentence
Mr Adams said it had not been a unanimous Ard Comhairle decision but there had been a healthy majority.
"I've spent time building bridges to all factions in that debate, trying to work tow ard compromise," he said.
Lean up agin the doors o' public-'ouses, I do, and work 'ard at it!
Let the Old Man see ye up for'ard monkeyshinin' with the hands and ye'll get a hidin' ye'll not forget in a hurry.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousThe coastguards had hoisted the one point downwards, indicating a gale from the south'ard.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.
Now, in the ol' days, I've seen a dozen whales to wind'ard an' we couldn't get to 'em at all.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries | Francis Rolt-WheelerI was a power in th' wa-ard in thim days, an' feared no man alive.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War | Finley Peter Dunne
British Dictionary definitions for -ard
indicating a person who does something, esp to excess, or is characterized by a certain quality: braggart; drunkard; dullard
Origin of -ard
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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