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1. (adj.) hoary
gray or white with age.
2. hoary
ancient or venerable:
hoary myths.
3. hoary
tedious from familiarity; stale:
a hoary joke.
Etymology: (1520–30)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
"whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
2. (adj) hoary, rusty
ancient
"hoary jokes"
3. (adj) canescent, hoary
covered with fine whitish hairs or down
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) hoary
white or whitish
2. (adj) hoary
white or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs
3. (adj) hoary
remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity
4. (adj) hoary
moldy; mossy; musty
5. (adj) hoary
of a pale silvery gray
6. (adj) hoary
covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent
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