What is "hoary" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does hoary mean in English? Meaning of hoary definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "hoary" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "hoary": showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

Adjective

  • Meaning: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
  • Example: whose beard with age is hoar nodded his hoary head
  • Synonyms: gray gray-haired gray-headed grey grey-haired grey-headed grizzly hoar hoary white-haired
  • Similar: old
  • Pronunciation in US: /hɔɹ.i/

    Pronunciation in UK: /hɔː.ɹi/

    Meaning of "hoary": ancient

    Adjective

  • Meaning: ancient
  • Example: hoary jokes
  • Synonyms: hoary rusty
  • Similar: old
  • Pronunciation in US: /hɔɹ.i/

    Pronunciation in UK: /hɔː.ɹi/

    Meaning of "hoary": covered with fine whitish hairs or down

    Adjective

  • Meaning: covered with fine whitish hairs or down
  • Synonyms: canescent hoary
  • Similar: haired hairy hirsute
  • Pronunciation in US: /hɔɹ.i/

    Pronunciation in UK: /hɔː.ɹi/

  • Adjective: White or gray with age. The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence. 1787, John Rippon, "How Firm a Foundation": And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn, Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.1787, John Rippon, "How Firm a Foundation": And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn, Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.(zoology) Of a pale silvery gray.(botany) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.(obsolete) Remote in time past.(obsolete) Moldy; mossy; musty.Old or old-fashioned. 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”: In its God-like prime, The Simpsons attacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects.2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”: In its God-like prime, The Simpsons attacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects.
  • Synonyms:

    antiquated, timeworn, age-old, aged, antique, elderly, old, old-fashioned, older, out-of-date, relic, rusty, venerable, lot of mileage, oldie, very old, frosty, gray-haired, graying, salt and pepper, silvery, snowy-haired, white-haired, whitish,

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