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Definition of Hoary
1. Adjective. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair. "Nodded his hoary head"
Exact synonyms: Gray, Gray-haired, Gray-headed, Grey, Grey-haired, Grey-headed, Grizzly, Hoar, White-haired
Similar to: Old
Derivative terms: Grizzle, Hoariness, Hoariness
Similar to: Old
Derivative terms: Grizzle, Hoariness, Hoariness
2. Adjective. Ancient. "Hoary jokes"
3. Adjective. Covered with fine whitish hairs or down.
Exact synonyms: Canescent
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Similar to: Haired, Hairy, Hirsute
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Similar to: Haired, Hairy, Hirsute
Definition of Hoary
1. a. White or whitish.
Definition of Hoary
1. Adjective. white or gray with age ¹
2. Adjective. (zoology) of a pale silvery gray. ¹
3. Adjective. (botany) covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent ¹
4. Adjective. (obsolete) remote in time past ¹
5. Adjective. (obsolete) moldy; mossy; musty ¹
6. Adjective. old, or old-fashioned ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoary
1. white with age [adj HOARIER, HOARIEST]
Medical Definition of Hoary
1. Covered with a greyish layer of very short, closely interwoven hairs. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoary
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