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grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish ·
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Wizard originally meant a wise or learned person

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Wizard originally meant a wise or learned person

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    The ending “ard” meant being in a specified condition.

    Coward- in an easily cowed condition, Dullard- in a dull condition, Drunkard- in a drunk condition, Wizard- in a wise condition

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      Bard

      Bee

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        Thanks, I love me some entomology facts

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        Board

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      Thanks, I love me some etymology facts :3

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      What about bastard?

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        Bass - born in fishy circumstances

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        Bastard is ‘having been conceived on a bast’, old French word for ‘saddle’. I take it to mean something like not having been conceived at home with the usual suspect (the wife) but elsewhere.

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      Oh no someone Shard my pants

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