haggard

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhæɡ.əd/ (US) enPR: hăg-ərd' IPA(key): /ˈhæɡ.ɚd/ Rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)d === Etymology 1 === 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”)) ==== Adjective ==== haggard (comparative more haggard, superlative most haggard) Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition Synonyms: raddled, worn-out (of an animal) Wild or untamed ===== Derived terms ===== haggardly haggardness ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== haggard (plural haggards) (falconry) A hunting bird captured as an adult. 1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports HAGGARDS may be trapped in this country but with the square-net, or the bow-net, but in either case great difficulty is experienced (falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon. (obsolete) A fierce, intractable creature. (obsolete) A hag. === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse heygarðr (“hay-yard”). ==== Noun ==== haggard (plural haggards) (dialect, Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc. He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard [1] === References ===