camard

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French

Etymology

From camus, with substitution of suffix -ard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.maʁ/
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Adjective

camard (feminine camarde, masculine plural camards, feminine plural camardes)

  1. pug-nosed, flat-nosed
    • 1902, Willy [pseudonym; Henry Gauthier-Villars; Colette], Claudine à l’École, Première partie:
      Mlle Sergent, elle, ne paraît rien moins que bonne, et j’augure mal de cette rousse bien faite, la taille et les hanches rondes, mais d’une laideur flagrante, la figure bouffie et toujours enflammée, le nez un peu camard, entre deux petits yeux noirs, enfoncés et soupçonneux.
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Noun

camard m (plural camards, feminine camarde)

  1. flat-nosed person

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