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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)
- White, whitish, or greyish-white.
- White or grey with age.
- (zoology) Of a pale silvery grey.
- (botany) Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs; canescent.
- (obsolete) Remote in time past.
- (obsolete) Moldy; mossy; musty.
- 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)
- (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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