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haggard

Dictionary definition · Haggard

noun

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

adjective

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

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).