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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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