Definitions for hoaryˈhɔr i, ˈhoʊr i
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hoar•yˈhɔr i, ˈhoʊr i(adj.)hoar•i•er, hoar•i•est.
gray or white with age.
ancient or venerable:
hoary myths.
tedious from familiarity; stale:
a hoary joke.
Origin of hoary:
1520–30
hoar′i•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired(adj)
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
"whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
hoary, rusty(adj)
ancient
"hoary jokes"
canescent, hoary(adj)
covered with fine whitish hairs or down
Wiktionary
hoary(Adjective)
white or gray with age
The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.
hoary(Adjective)
of a pale silvery gray.
hoary(Adjective)
covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent
hoary(Adjective)
remote in time past
hoary(Adjective)
moldy; mossy; musty
hoary(Adjective)
old, or old-fashioned
Webster Dictionary
Hoary(adj)
white or whitish
Hoary(adj)
white or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs
Hoary(adj)
remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity
Hoary(adj)
moldy; mossy; musty
Hoary(adj)
of a pale silvery gray
Hoary(adj)
covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent
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