单词 | haggardness |
释义 | haggardnessn. The quality or condition of being haggard (in various senses); wildness; gauntness. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] > state of having terseness1802 haggardness1841 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 5 Though the Fawlcon be reclaimed to ye fist she retyreth to hir haggardnes. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning i. vi His..haggardness ill became the years of palmy youth. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. li. 45 A new haggardness had come in her face. 2002 Daily Mail 5 Apr. 53/2 Why on earth would this man..fall in love with Meg, with her cynicism, independence, incipient haggardness and hair sticking out like a hay-rick after an electrical storm? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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