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hoary

English

Etymology

hoar +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /h??.?i/
  • (US) IPA(key): /h??.i/
  • Rhymes: -??ri
  • Homophone: whorey

Adjective

hoary (comparative hoarier, superlative hoariest)

  1. White, whitish, or greyish-white.
  2. White or grey with age.
  3. (zoology) Of a pale silvery grey.
  4. (botany) Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs; canescent.
  5. (obsolete) Remote in time past.
  6. (obsolete) Moldy; mossy; musty.
  7. Old or old-fashioned; trite.

Synonyms

  • (whitish, greyish-white): albescent, griseous, whity
  • (white or grey with age): grey-haired, grizzled, grizzly, silver-haired, silvery-haired, white-haired; see also Thesaurus:elderly
  • (old): aged, ancient, olden; see also Thesaurus:old
  • (botany: covered with greyish-white hairs): canescent
  • (remote in time past): bygone, foregone; see also Thesaurus:past

Derived terms

  • hoarily
  • hoariness

Related terms

  • hoar

Translations

Anagrams

  • Yahor

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hoared

English

Etymology

hoar +? -ed

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /h??(?)d/
  • Homophones: hoard, horde, whored

Adjective

hoared (comparative more hoared, superlative most hoared)

  1. (obsolete) moldy; musty
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Granmer to this entry?)
    • 1963, Bible (New American Standard), Joshua 9:5
      [] they played wilily, and went and sent ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their Asses, and wine bottles old and rent and knit together again, and old clouted shoes upon their feet, and old raiment upon them and all their provision of bread was dried up and hoared.

Related terms

  • hoar
  • hoary

Anagrams

  • oh dear

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