haggardness

English

Etymology

From haggard +‎ -ness.

Noun

haggardness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being haggard; tiredness.
    • 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 340:
      His father is stoic and dutiful, and there is a haggardness around his eyes that lends him the air of a tortured poet.
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