Definitions for Hoary
ˈhɔr i, ˈhoʊr ihoa·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-hairedadjective

   showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

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

2. hoary, rustyadjective

   ancient

   "hoary jokes"

3. canescent, hoaryadjective

   covered with fine whitish hairs or down

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. hoaryadjective

   white or gray with age

   The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.

2. hoaryadjective

   of a pale silvery gray.

3. hoaryadjective

   covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent

4. hoaryadjective

   remote in time past

5. hoaryadjective

   moldy; mossy; musty

6. hoaryadjective

   old, or old-fashioned

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HOARYadjective

   Etymology: har, Harung, Saxon.

   1. White; whitish.

   Thus she rested on her arm reclin’d,
   The hoary willows waving with the wind. Addison.

   2. White or grey with age.

   A comely palmer, clad in black attire,
   Of ripest years, and hairs all hoary grey. Edmund Spenser.

   Solyman, marvelling at the courage and majesty of the hoary old prince in his so great extremity, dismissed him, and sent him again into the city. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

   Has then my hoary head deserv’d no better? Nicholas Rowe.

   Then in full age, and hoary holiness,
   Retire, great preacher, to thy promis’d bliss. Matthew Prior.

   3. White with frost.

   Through this distemperature we see
   The seasons alter; hoary headed frosts
   Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose. William Shakespeare.

   4. Mouldy; mossy; rusty.

   There was brought out of the city into the camp very coarse, hoary, moulded bread. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Hoaryadjective

   white or whitish

2. Hoaryadjective

   white or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs

3. Hoaryadjective

   remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity

4. Hoaryadjective

   moldy; mossy; musty

5. Hoaryadjective

   of a pale silvery gray

6. Hoaryadjective

   covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hoary

   covered with a fine, white, silvery pubescence: pruinose q.v.

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How to pronounce Hoary?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hoary in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hoary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Hoary in a Sentence

1. Manu:

   The man with hoary head is not revered as aged by the gods, but only he who has true knowledge; he, though young, is old.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Hoary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hoary
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Hoary
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hoary
5. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=Hoary