retard
/ɹɪˈtɑɹd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A retardation; a delay.
noun
A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
Example Sentences
- "The retard in our class needs special help."
- "“That's 'cause your dog is a retard,” the large woman retorted. The pit bull must have sensed the insult because it got up on all fours and started barking at the woman. Not one to back down from an interspecies fight, the prison lady stood up […]"
- "College freshman Scott Damerow set a new world record by using his head to bust 142 eggs and he now officially holds a place in the Guinness Book of Fucking Retards."
- "retard the march of an army"
- "retard the motion of a ship"
- "to retard the attacks of old age"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-d-o- Proto-Italic *tardo- Latin tardus Latin retardōbor. Anglo-Norman retarderbor. Middle English retarden English retard From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardō (“to retard”, from re- + tardus (“slow”)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈtɑɹd/
- British English: /ɹɪˈtɑːd/