haggard

WOTD - 7 September 2007    

English

Etymology

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”))

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: hăg-ərd' IPA: /hæg.'ə(ɹ)d/

Adjective

haggard (comparative more haggard, superlative most haggard)

1. Looking exhausted and unwell, in poor condition
2. Wild or untamed

Derived terms

• haggardly
• haggardness

Translations

looking exhausted and unwell

Chinese: 枯槁 (kūgǎo) Finnish: riutunut, voipunut, sairaalloisen näköinen, kalvakka French: hagard (fr) m. German: abgespannt (de), ausgezehrt (de) Japanese: やつれた (ja) (yatsureta) Korean: 수척한 (sucheokhan) Romanian: epuizat (ro) m. and n., istovit (ro) m. and n., secătuit (ro), obosit (ro) m. and n. Russian: измождённый (ru) (izmoždjónnyj)

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: оронуо (sh); бије̑дан (sh) (Ijekavian), бе̑дан (sh) (Ekavian) Roman: oronuo (sh); bijȇdan (sh) (Ijekavian), bȇdan (sh) (Ekavian) Spanish: consumido (es), macilento (es), trasojado (es) Swedish: härjad

wild or untamed

Finnish: hurja (fi) German: wild (de) Romanian: sălbatic (ro) m. and n., nedomesticit (ro) m. and n., neîmblânzit (ro) m. and n.

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дѝвљӣ (sh) Roman: dìvljī (sh)

Noun

haggard (plural haggards)

1. (dialect, Manx, Ireland) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.

   "He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard" [1]

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. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang) A woman who frequents the gay scene usually with a male gay companion.