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adjective
1.
having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
2.
wild; wild-looking: haggard eyes.
3.
Falconry. (especially of a hawk caught after it has attained adult plumage) untamed.
noun
4.
Falconry. a wild or untamed hawk caught after it has assumed adult plumage.
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Haggardly
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| haggard1 (ˈhæɡəd) | |
| —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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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDof "careworn" first recorded 1853. Sense infl. by association with hag (q.v.).
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