hoary

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adjective

1. covered with fine whitish hairs or down
• Syn:
canescent
• Similar to:
hairy, haired, hirsute
• Topics:
biology, biological science
2. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
- nodded his hoary head
• Syn:
grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed,
gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, white-haired
• Similar to:
old
• Derivationally related forms:
hoariness, grizzle (for: grizzly)
3. ancient
- hoary jokes
• Syn:
rusty
• Similar to:
old

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  canescent, rusty