haggardness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English haggard Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English haggardness From haggard + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The characteristic of being haggard; tiredness.
His father is stoic and dutiful, and there is a haggardness around his eyes that lends him the air of a tortured poet.
2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 340: