Showing posts with label Haggard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haggard. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Haggard

What's haggard? An adjective meaning badly dressed, exhausted, and emotionally distressed.  It's synonym is another fine word--gaunt.

And the word--improbably--comes from Old French, through German.  It meant a wild hawk, or raptor.  So how does that translate to an adjective meaning exhausted and depressed?  Your guess is as good as mine.....