Haggard

Pronunciation

• US enPR: hăg-É™rd' IPA: /hæg.'É™(ɹ)d/

Origin

From Old French faulcon hagard ("wild falcon") ( >

French hagard ("dazed")), from Middle High German hag ("coppice")

Online Etymology Dictionary|haggard

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archaic German Hag ("hedge, grove")). Akin to Frankish hagia ( >

French haie ("hedge"))

pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 547, haie

Full definition of haggard

Adjective

1. Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
• DrydenStaring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
2. Wild or untameda haggard or refractory hawk

Derived terms

• haggardly
• haggardness

Noun

1. (dialect, Isle of Mann, 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
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
• 1599, William Shakespeare, ,No, truly, Ursula, she is too disdainful;I know her spirits are as coy and wildAs haggards of the rock.
3. (falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
4. (obsolete) A fierce, intractable creature.
• ShakespeareI have loved this proud disdainful haggard.
5. (obsolete) A hag.