Definition of Hoariness

1. Noun. A silvery-white color.

Exact synonyms: Frostiness
Generic synonyms: White, Whiteness
Derivative terms: Hoary

2. Noun. Great age (especially grey or white with age).
Generic synonyms: Oldness
Derivative terms: Hoary

Definition of Hoariness

1. n. The state of being hoary.

Definition of Hoariness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being hoary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hoariness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoariness

hoarding
hoardingly
hoardings
hoards
hoared
hoarfrost
hoarfrosted
hoarfrosts
hoarhead
hoarheads
hoarhound
hoarhounds
hoarier
hoariest
hoarily
hoariness (current term)
hoarinesses
hoaring
hoars
hoarse
hoarsely
hoarsen
hoarsened
hoarseness
hoarsenesses
hoarsening
hoarsens
hoarser
hoarsest
hoarstone

Literary usage of Hoariness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works by Jean Calvin, Calvin translation society (1846)
"We hence see what the Prophet had in view when lie said, that Israel did not understand while he was devoured by strangers, while hoariness was spreading ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1905)
"In tracing the laws of heredity in garden stocks several such complications are met with. In other cases the result as regards hoariness and ..."

3. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1877)
"(O.) — And in like manner, rt.itiu, said of debt, (O,) It overcame him, and lay as a burden upon him. (O, K.) __ And, said of hoariness, i, q. ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1831)
"In the course of a few weeks the hoariness increases, becomes cottony, and as the summer advances it grows into a downy substance, which upon examination is ..."

5. Mendelism by Reginald Crundall Punnett (1911)
"hoariness is dominant to ... Hence hoariness depends upon three separate factors, and a stock cannot be hoary unless ..."

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