Hoary
['hɔːrɪ] or ['hɔri]
Definition
(a.) White or whitish.
(a.) White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
(a.) remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
(a.) Moldy; mossy; musty.
(a.) Of a pale silvery gray.
(a.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
Edited by Andrea
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Hoar, white, gray.
Edited by Craig
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:White, gray, silvery, frosty
ANT:Dark, raven, jet
Typed by Jewel
Examples
- Its hoary traditions make it an object of absorbing interest to even the most careless stranger, and thus far it had interest for me; but no further. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The early history of Damascus is shrouded in the mists of a hoary antiquity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It seems like profanation to laugh and jest and bandy the frivolous chat of our day amid its hoary relics. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I will give the hoary bigot no advantage over me; and for Rebecca, she hath not merited at my hand that I should expose rank and honour for her sake. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Typist: Vivienne