Etymology

drunkard

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Today it means: A person who is habitually drunk. Full definition →

Middle English *druncard ← Middle Low German drunkert
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  1. Middle Low German · derived fromdrunkert
  2. Middle English · inherited from*druncard
  3. English todaydrunkard

From earlier droncarde, from Middle English *druncard (attested as a surname, Druncard), possibly from Middle Low German drunkert, equivalent to drunk + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”). Compare German Trunkart. Compare braggart.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.