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-ard repr. (O)F. -ard, †-art — OHG. -hart, being the adj. hart bold, hardy, HARD, often forming part of personal names, as OHG. Reginhart REYNARD; in MHG. and Du. a formative of common nouns, gen. pejorative; in Eng. orig. in adoptions of F. sbs., as bastard, coward, mallard; the depreciatory sense of some of these led to its being used to form similar words on various stems, as dastard, drunkard, laggard, niggard, sluggard, wizard. In several words it conceals endings of a different origin, as bustard, custard, hazard, leopard, steward, tankard.
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inter- L. prep. ‘between’, ‘among’, repr. in F. by entre- (see ENTER-), used as a prefix with the senses:
1.. between, in… FORMATIVE , FORMATIVE.
1. In PHILOLOGY, a derivational AFFIX, especially one that determines part of speech or WORD class: -ness in darkness, forming a noun from… Word , WORD
WORD A fundamental term in both the general and technical discussion of language. The following selection of primary definitions of word is draw… Form , FORM
From the Latin forma, a term signifying figure or shape or "that which is seen" (Gr. ε[symbol omitted]δος) and having many derived meanings, suc… Uniform , u·ni·form / ˈyoōnəˌfôrm/ • adj. 1. not changing in form or character; remaining the same in all cases and at all times: blocks of stone of uniform s… Plural , PLURAL
PLURAL A term contrasting with SINGULAR (and dual) in the NUMBER system of a language. In English, it refers to ‘more than one’ (one and a hal…
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