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hoary - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hoary' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hoary [ a.]
- White or whitish.
- White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
- remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
- Moldy; mossy; musty.
- Of a pale silvery gray.
- Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.

Meaning of 'hoary' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hoary [ s]
Meaning (1):
- ancient
Example in sentence:
  • hoary jokes
Meaning (2):
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
Example in sentence:
  • nodded his hoary head;
  • whose beard with age is hoar