- 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
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Meaning (1): - ancient
Example in sentence:
hoary jokes
Meaning (2): - showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair