Hoary Definition & Meaning
hoary
- adjective
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
- ancient; "hoary jokes"
- covered with fine whitish hairs or down
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- What does hoary mean?
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" ancient; "hoary jokes" covered with fine whitish hairs or down
- What part of speech is hoary?
- Hoary is an adjective.
- How many definitions does hoary have?
- Hoary has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).