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ˈhaggardness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Haggard quality or condition; wildness as of an unreclaimed hawk; gaunt and worn appearance of face.
1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 41 Though the Fawlcon be reclaimed to the fist, she retyreth to hir haggardnesse. 1841Lytton Nt. & Morn. i. vi, His..haggardness ill became the years of palmy youth. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. vii. li, A new haggardness had come in her face. |