haggard

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.4 References

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French faulcon hagard (“‘wild falcon’”) ( > French hagard (“‘dazed’”)), from Middle High German hag (“‘coppice’”) ^[1] ( > archaic German Hag (“‘hedge, grove’”)). Akin to Frankish hagia ( > French haie (“‘hedge’”))^[2]

[edit] Adjective

haggard (comparative more haggard, superlative most haggard)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• haggardly
• haggardness

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[edit] Noun

haggard (plural haggards)

1. (dialectal, Manx, Irish) 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

[edit] References

• Notes:

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