Hoariness

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hoar·y (hôr

, h

)

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.

hoari·ly adv.

hoari·ness n.

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Noun	1.	hoariness - a silvery-white color frostiness whiteness, white - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
	2.	hoariness - great age (especially grey or white with age) oldness - the quality of being old; the opposite of newness

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