h. r. haggard
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haggard1 (ˈhæɡəd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | careworn or gaunt, as from lack of sleep, anxiety, or starvation |
| 2. | wild or unruly |
| 3. | (of a hawk) having reached maturity in the wild before being caught |
| —n | |
| 4. | falconry eyas Compare passage hawk a hawk that has reached maturity before being caught |
| [C16: from Old French hagard wild; perhaps related to | |
| 'haggardly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'haggardness1 | |
| —n | |
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| haggard2 (ˈhæɡərd) | |
| —n | |
| (in Ireland and the Isle of Man) an enclosure beside a farmhouse in which crops are stored | |
| [C16: related to Old Norse heygarthr, from hey hay + garthr yard] | |
| Haggard (ˈhæɡəd) | |
| —n | |
| Sir (Henry) Rider. 1856--1925, British author of romantic adventure stories, including King Solomon's Mines (1885) | |
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haggard
1567, "wild, unruly," from M.Fr. haggard, probably from O.Fr. faulcon hagard "wild falcon," lit. "falcon of the woods," from M.H.G. hag "hedge, copse, wood," from P.Gmc. *khag-. Sense perhaps reinforced by Low Ger. hager "gaunt, haggard." Sense of "with a haunted expression" first recorded 1697, that
of "careworn" first recorded 1853. Sense infl. by association with hag (q.v.).
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