Haggard definition
Exhausted or distraught and often gaunt in appearance.
adjective
Untamed; unruly; wild.
adjective
The definition of haggard is someone or something that looks worn, tired, unkept and/or unwell.
An example of haggard is a sick person with unwashed hair and rumpled clothes.
An example of haggard is an old ratty blanket.
adjective
(dialect, Manx, Ireland) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
"He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard"
noun
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(falconry) A haggard hawk.
noun
(falconry) Designating a hawk captured after reaching maturity.
adjective
Wild-eyed.
adjective
Having a wild, wasted, worn look, as from sleeplessness, grief, or illness; gaunt; drawn.
adjective
(person) 1856-1925; Eng. writer, esp. of adventure novels.
proper name
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(falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
noun
Wild and intractable. Used of a hawk in falconry.
adjective
An adult hawk captured for training.
noun
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
haggard
Plural:
haggardsOrigin of haggard
- French hagard wild from Old French wild hawk, raptor perhaps of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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