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Hoary
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Meaning
Adj
●
White,
whitish
, or greyish-white.
●
White or
grey
with age.
●
In Zoology:
Of a
pale
silvery
grey.
●
In Botany:
Covered with
short
,
dense
,
greyish
white
hairs.
●
Old or
old-fashioned
; trite.
●
Remote
in time
past.
●
Moldy;
mossy
; musty.
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Wiktionary
Origin
hoary
English
-y
English
-y
Middle English (1100-1500)
hoar
English
hore
Middle English (1100-1500)
har
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Albescent
Griseous
Whity
Grey-Haired
Grizzled
Grizzly
Silver-Haired
White-Haired
Elderly
Canescent
Bygone
Foregone
Past
Venerable
Ancient
Silvery-Haired
Cobwebbed
Olden
Old
Aged
More
Related
Scabrous
Gnarled
Antediluvian
Pallid
Fusty
Wizened
Leaden
Crone
Foetid
Frightful
Chestnut
Rhymes
Gory
Glory
Hoary
Storey
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