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hoar·y
(hôr′ē)adj. hoar·i·er, hoar·i·est
1. Gray or white with or as if with age.
2. Covered with grayish hair or pubescence: hoary leaves.
3. So old as to inspire veneration; ancient.
hoar′i·ly adv.
hoar′i·ness n.
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hoary
(ˈhɔːrɪ)adj, hoarier or hoariest
1. having grey or white hair
2. (Colours) white or whitish-grey in colour
3. ancient or venerable
ˈhoarily adv
ˈhoariness n
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hoar•y
(ˈhɔr i, ˈhoʊr i)adj. hoar•i•er, hoar•i•est.
1. gray or white with age.
2. ancient or venerable: hoary myths.
3. tedious from familiarity; stale: a hoary joke.
[1520–30]
hoar′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | hoary - showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?" |
| 2. | hoary - ancient; "hoary jokes" old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" | |
| 3. | hoary - covered with fine whitish hairs or down biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms |
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hoary
adjective
1. old, aged, ancient, antique, venerable, antiquated the hoary old myth that women are unpredictable
2. white-haired, white, grey, silvery, frosty, grey-haired, grizzled, hoar hoary beards
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hoary
adjectiveBelonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past:
age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, old, olden, old-time, timeworn, venerable.
Idioms: old as Methuselah, old as the hills.
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hoary
[ˈhɔːrɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (liter) (hair) → bianco/a; (person) → canuto/a, dai capelli bianchi; (ancient) → vetusto/ait's a hoary old joke → è una barzelletta vecchia
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