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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: hagard 'wild'

haggard

 adjective
     
hag‧gard
someone who looks haggard has lines on their face and dark marks around their eyes, especially because they are ill, worried, or tired:
Sam looked tired and haggard.
a haggard face
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