Hoary - Definition

hoary

adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey-
haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed,
grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired]
2: ancient; "hoary jokes" [syn: hoary, rusty]
3: covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: canescent,
hoary]

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