HAGGARD


Meaning of HAGGARD in English

adj. & n.

adj. 1 looking exhausted and distraught, esp. from fatigue, worry, privation, etc. 2 (of a hawk) caught and trained as an adult.

n. a haggard hawk. haggardly adv. haggardness n.

[ F hagard, of uncert. orig.: later infl. by HAG(1) ]

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