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pinched
English
Verb
pinched
- simple past tense and past participle of pinch
Adjective
pinched (comparative more pinched, superlative most pinched)
- Very thin, as if drawn together
- 1897 Edwin Arlington Robinson, Chilodren of the Night, "Aaron Stark":
- His thin, pinched mouth was nothing but a mark […]
- 1897 Edwin Arlington Robinson, Chilodren of the Night, "Aaron Stark":
- (of a person or their face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
- Financially hurt or damaged.
- Compressed
Translations
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haggard
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?hæ?.?d/
- (US) enPR: h?g-?rd' IPA(key): /?hæ?.?d/
- Rhymes: -æ??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (“wild falcon”) ( > French hagard (“dazed”)), from Middle High German hag (“coppice”) ( > archaic German Hag (“hedge, grove”)). Akin to Frankish *hagia ( > French haie (“hedge”))
Adjective
haggard (comparative more haggard, superlative most haggard)
- Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
- 1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover
- Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
- 1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover
- (of an animal) Wild or untamed
Derived terms
- haggardly
- haggardness
Translations
Noun
haggard (plural haggards)
- (falconry) A hunting bird captured as an adult.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1
- No, truly, Ursula, she is too disdainful;
- I know her spirits are as coy and wild
- As haggards of the rock.
- 1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports
- HAGGARDS may be trapped in this country but with the square-net, or the bow-net, but in either case great difficulty is experienced
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1
- (falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
- (obsolete) A fierce, intractable creature.
- (obsolete) A hag.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Garth to this entry?)
Etymology 2
Old Norse heygarðr (“hay-yard”)
Noun
haggard (plural haggards)
- (dialect, Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
- He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard [1]
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