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Definition of Gray-haired
1. Adjective. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair. "Nodded his hoary head"
Similar to: Old
Derivative terms: Grizzle, Hoariness, Hoariness
Definition of Gray-haired
1. Adjective. Having gray hair. ¹
2. Adjective. ''Hence, figuratively,'' old, wise, experienced. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gray-haired
Literary usage of Gray-haired
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... from which gray-haired women often reel intoxicated, its conservative hotel
methods and unappetizing cuisine, often cause London to appear, at first, ..."
2. Origin and History of the American Flag and of the Naval and Yacht-club by George Henry Preble, Charles Edward Asnis (1917)
"The 4th of July, 1872, was celebrated at Monroe, Mich., by gray- haired veterans,
whose ages ranged from seventy-two to one hundred and one and a half years ..."
3. The Lyric Songs of the Greeks: The Extant Fragments of Sappho, Alcaeus by Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreon (1918)
"gray-haired WOMEN (2) gray-haired women are sparing of words, of old age are the
flower. SILENCE MIDST THE DEAD (3) Therefore o'er Hades only the empty echo ..."
4. Posthumous Poems of William Motherwell. Now First Collected by William Motherwell (1851)
"LIKE a worn gray-haired mariner whom the sea Hath wrecked, then flung in mockery
ashore, To clamber some gaunt cliff, and list the roar Of wave pursuing ..."
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