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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”)).

A retardation; a delay.
A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando.
dated, offensive A person with mental retardation. The retard in our class needs special help.
informal, offensive A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn. “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 […]

transitive To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing. retard the march of an army
transitive To put off; to postpone. to retard the attacks of old age
obsolete, transitive To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
intransitive To decelerate; to slow down. 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, retard, retard...
intransitive, obsolete To stay back. Some years it [The River Nile] hath also retarded, and come far later than usually it was expected