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haggard

hag·gard [ hággərd ]

adjective

Definition:

1. tired-looking: showing signs of tiredness, anxiety, or hunger on the face, e.g. dark rings around the eyes

2. unruly: wild and unruly in appearance

3. birds unmanageable: in falconry, used to describe a hawk that has reached maturity before being captured and is therefore wild and unmanageable

noun (plural hag·gards)

Definition:

hawk: in falconry, a captured wild adult hawk

[Late 16th century. < French hagard "untamed" (used of hawks)]

hag·gard·ly [ hággərdlee ] adverb

hag·gard·ness [ hággərdnəss ] noun

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