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Webster 1913 Edition


Haggard

Hag′gard

(hăg′gẽrd)
,
Adj.
[F.
hagard
; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See
Hedge
, 1st
Haw
, and
-ard
.]
1.
Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed;
as, a
haggard
or refractory hawk
.
[Obs.]
Shak.
2.
[For
hagged
, fr.
hag
a witch, influenced by
haggard
wild.]
Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance;
as,
haggard
features, eyes
.
Staring his eyes, and
haggard
was his look.
Dryden.

Hag′gard

,
Noun.
[See
Haggard
,
Adj.
]
1.
(Falconry)
A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
2.
A fierce, intractable creature.
I have loved this proud disdainful
haggard
.
Shakespeare
3.
[See
Haggard
,
Adj.
, 2.]
A hag.
[Obs.]
Garth.

Hag′gard

,
Noun.
[See 1st
Haw
,
Hedge
, and
Yard
an inclosed space.]
A stackyard.
[Prov. Eng.]
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition


Haggard

HAG'GARD

,
Noun.
A stack-yard.

Definition 2024


haggard

haggard

English

Adjective

haggard (comparative more haggard, superlative most haggard)

  1. Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
    • Dryden
      Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
    Pale and haggard faces.
    A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
    The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard.
  2. Wild or untamed
    a haggard or refractory hawk

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

haggard (plural haggards)

  1. (dialect, Isle of Man, Ireland) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
    "He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard"
  2. (falconry) A hunting bird captured as an adult.
    A "haggard" is a bird captured as an adult and therefore of unknown age; often, the law prohibits capturing birds of mating age. Falconry Pro
  3. (falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
  4. (obsolete) A fierce, intractable creature.
    • Shakespeare
      I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.
  5. (obsolete) A hag.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Garth to this entry?)

References

  1. haggard” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
  2. Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 547, haie