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Definitions for Ard

[1] 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.
[2] indicating a person who does something, esp to excess, or is characterized by a certain quality braggart ; drunkard ; dullard

Words nearby Ard

-ard-anus, -ar, -arama, -arch, -archy, -ard, -aria, -arian, -aris, -arium, -art

Origin of Ard

-ardMiddle English < Old French, probably extracted from Frankish compound personal names; compare Old High German Adalhart (French Alard ), Bernhart (French Bernard ), with 2nd element -hart literally, strong, hardy, hard (cognate with Old English -heard in names), often merely as intensifier of quality denoted in 1st element.

Word origin for Ard

-ardvia Old French from Germanic -hard (literally: hardy, bold), the final element in many Germanic masculine names, such as Bernhard Bernard, Gerhart Gerard, etc