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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Resembling or characteristic of a hag (old or ugly woman or witch).

   "A haggy pregnant woman, covering herself with her sleeve, was standing near the stove."

2. 2
   Marked by many hags (boggy hollows and gulches).

   "A haggy, benty, splashy moss,[…]"

Example

More examples

"A haggy pregnant woman, covering herself with her sleeve, was standing near the stove."

Etymology

From hag (“old woman”) and hag (“hollow in a mire”), respectively, + -y.

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