后缀：-ard [名词后缀]

表示人（大多含有贬义）

drunkard 醉鬼，酒徒

laggard 落后者

Spaniard 西班牙人

bastard 私生子

dullard 笨人，笨汉

coward 胆怯者

dotard 年老昏惯的人

wizard 奇才，男巫

sluggard 懒汉

niggard 守财奴

词根词缀：dys-

【来源及含义】Greek: bad, harsh, wrong; ill; hard to do, difficult at; slow of; disordered; impaired, defective

【相关词根词缀】Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "bad, wrong": caco-, kako-; mal-; mis-; pessim-; sceler-. Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving "slow, slowness, slow of, sluggish": lent-; tard-.

【同源单词】acrodysaesthesia, acrodysostosis, algesidystrophy, algodystrophy, amebic dysentery, amylodyspepsia

词根词缀：lent-, lenta-, lenti-

【来源及含义】Latin: slow, sluggish, immovable

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving "slow, slowness, slow of, sluggish": dys-; tard-.

【同源单词】lentamente, lentando, lentidigitation, lentitude, lento, relent

词根词缀：letho-, leth-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: lie hidden, secret; forgetfulness, forget, inactive through forgetfulness; also sleepy, drowsy, dull, sluggish

【相关词根词缀】 Related "sleep" units: dorm-; hypno-; narco-; oneiro- (dream); somni-; sopor-. Etymologically related "forget, forgetfulness" word families: aletho-; oblivio-. Related "memory, remember" word families: memor-; mne-.

【同源单词】alethia, lethargic, lethargical, lethargically, lethargize, lethargogenic

词根词缀：tard-

【来源及含义】Latin: slow; sluggish

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references directly, or partly, involving "slow, slowness, slow of, sluggish": dys-; lent-.

【同源单词】Ad vindictam tardus, aquitard, mental retardation, psychomotor retardation, psychosocial retardation, retard

词根词缀：torp-

【来源及含义】Latin: stupor, numb, sluggish

【同源单词】summer torpor, tepid, torpedo, torpedo, torpescence, torpescent