Definitions for hoary

Definitions for (adj) hoary

Main entry: hoary, canescent

Definition: covered with fine whitish hairs or down


Main entry: hoary, rusty

Definition: ancient

Usage: hoary jokes


Main entry: white-haired, hoar, hoary, gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly

Definition: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

Usage: whose beard with age is hoar-Coleridge; nodded his hoary head


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