cafard
noun
ca·fard
\kȧfȧr\
Definition of cafard
-s
: severe depression or apathy —used especially of white people in the tropics
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Origin and Etymology of cafard
French, literally, cockroach, from Middle French, cockroach, hypocrite, modification of Arabic kāfir infidel — more at kaffir
First Known Use: 1915
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