haggard

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more haggard

Superlative

most haggard

1.
Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
Pale and haggard faces.
A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard.
Đồng nghĩa: careworn, drawn, raddled, worn-out
2.
(of an animal) Wild or untamed
a haggard or refractory hawk

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

haggards

1.
(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
2.
(falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
3.
(obsolete)A fierce, intractable creature.
4.
(obsolete)A hag.
5.
(Ireland, Scotland, dialectal)(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 http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_s.htm

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Đồng nghĩa

careworn drawn raddledworn-out

Cùng gốc / liên quan

haggardlyhaggardness

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (wild falcon) ( > hagard dazed), from hag (coppice) ( > archaic Hag). Akin to ( > haie hedge)