Sekirov Dictionary

haggard

UK /ˈhæɡ.əd/US /ˈhæɡ.ɚd/

noun 5
adjective 2
forms 3

noun5

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A hunting bird captured as an adult.
- No, truly, Ursula, she is too disdainful; I know her spirits are as coy and wild As haggards of the rock. — 1598
A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
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(dialect, Ireland) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
- He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_s.htm
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(no longer used) A fierce, intractable creature.
- I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. — 1590
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(no longer used) A hag.
- In a dark Grott the baleful Haggard lay, Breathing black Vengeance, and infecting Day — 1699

adjective2

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Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
- Pale and haggard faces.
- A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
Wild or untamed

forms

haggards · more haggard · most haggard

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