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Hoary

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Adjective

1. gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired

showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

Example Sentences:
'whose beard with age is hoar'
'nodded his hoary head'

2. hoary, rusty

ancient

Example Sentences:
'hoary jokes'

3. canescent, hoary

covered with fine whitish hairs or down

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hoary

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adjectiveWord forms: hoarier or hoariest
1. 
having grey or white hair
2. 
white or whitish-grey in colour
3. 
ancient or venerable

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Hoary

see synonyms of hoary
adjectiveWord forms: ˈhoarier or ˈhoariest
1. 
white, gray, or grayish-white
2. 
having white or gray hair because very old
: also ˈhoarˌy-headed (ˈhɔriˌhɛdɪd ; hôrˈēhedˌid)
3. 
very old; ancient

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hoary

see synonyms of hoary
adj. hoar·i·er, hoar·i·est
1. Gray or white with or as if with age.
2. Covered with grayish hair or pubescence: hoary leaves.
3. So old as to inspire veneration; ancient.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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