haggard.
Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
Meaning & usage
Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
Pale and haggard faces.
A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
Wild or untamed
a haggard or refractory hawk
Where this word 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”))
A hunting bird captured as an adult.
A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
A fierce, intractable creature.
A hag.
Where this word 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”))
A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse heygarðr (“hay-yard”).
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