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cafard definition

ca·fard (kȧ fȧr′)

noun

melancholy, boredom, listlessness, etc.

Etymology: Fr, low spirits, cockroach, orig., hypocrite, altered (with pejorative -ard) < MFr caphars < Ar kāfir, hypocrite, lit., infidel: see Kaffir

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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