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Added 10 October 2026

haggard

/ˈhæɡ.əd/ noun

In Latin: ēnervis, dēfatīgātus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about haggard at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925).

adjective

Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
looking careworn as she bent over her mending
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys

Origin

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”))

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