haggard
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haggard¹
- /ˈhæɡ.əd/ UK
- /ˈhæɡ.ɚd/ US
Rhymes with -æɡə(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (“wild falcon”) ( > French hagard (“dazed”)), from Middle High German hag (“coppice”) ( > archaic German Hag (“hedge, grove”)). Akin to Frankish *hagia ( > French haie (“hedge”))
adjective more haggard · most haggard
- Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition Pale and haggard faces.
- Wild or untamed a haggard or refractory hawk
Similar: careworn, haggard, drawn, weary, woeworn · Opposite: active, bright, cheerful
noun haggards
- A hunting bird captured as an adult. No, truly, Ursula, she is too disdainful; I know her spirits are as coy and wild As haggards of the rock.
- A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
- A fierce, intractable creature. I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.
- A hag. In a dark Grott the baleful Haggard lay, Breathing black Vengeance, and infecting Day
haggard²
- /ˈhæɡ.əd/ UK
- /ˈhæɡ.ɚd/ US
Rhymes with -æɡə(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
From Old Norse heygarðr (“hay-yard”).
noun haggards
- A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc. He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_s.htm
Haggard³
proper noun Haggards · Haggart
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Gray County, Kansas, United States.
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adj looking exhausted and unwell
| Español | consumido, macilento, trasojado, demacrado, ojeroso, desmejorado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 수척한 sucheokhan |
| 日本語 | やつれた yatsureta |
| Português | abatido |
| Français | mal en point |
| Deutsch | abgespannt, ausgezehrt, abgezehrt, hager, mitgenommen, verhärmt |
| Italiano | emaciato, consunto, macilento, magro, mingherlino, smunto |
| Română | epuizat, istovit, secătuit, obosit |
| Русский | измождённый izmoždjónnyj |
adj wild or untamed
| Português | selvagem |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | wild, ungezähmt, ungebändigt |
| Italiano | selvatico, selvaggio |
| Română | sălbatic, nedomesticit, neîmblânzit |
| Русский | неприручённый nepriručónnyj, ди́кий díkij |
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title = {haggard},
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