haggard

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
  2. adjective showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; ; ; ; - Charles Dickens
  3. adjective very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Etymology

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”))

In classic literature

Synonyms

Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard

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