Camard
/ˈkæmɑːrd/noun
An obsolete English word for a person or animal with a flat or snub nose.
Did you know?Camard entered English through French descriptions of a flattened nose, while its deeper Latin ancestor, camurus, referred to something bent or curved.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kam-
“A proposed root associated with bending or curving; the reconstruction is uncertain.”
Classical Latin
Latin
camurus
“Bent, curved, or projecting outward; later used in descriptions of a flattened or snub nose.”
Old French
Old French
camart
“Flat-nosed or snub-nosed.”
Middle English
English
camard
“A person with a flat nose, or something flat-nosed.”
Modern English
English
camard
“An obsolete term meaning flat-nosed.”