hoary (redirected from hoarier)

hoar·y  (hôr, hr)

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.

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hoari·ly adv.

hoari·ness n.

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hoary [ˈhɔːrɪ]

adj hoarier, hoariest

1. having grey or white hair

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) white or whitish-grey in colour

3. ancient or venerable

hoarily  adv

hoariness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	hoary - showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, white-haired, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, gray 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" rusty 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 canescent biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"

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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

Translations

hoary [ˈhɔːrɪ] ADJ (hoarier (compar) (hoariest (superl)))

1. (= grey-haired) → cano

2. (= old) [myth] → manido; [joke] → muy viejo

hoary

adj (+er)

hair, old man etc → ergraut

(fig: = old) → uralt, altehrwürdig; a hoary old joke → ein alter Hut, ein Witz mit (einem langen) Bart

hoary [ˈhɔːrɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (liter) (hair) → bianco/a; (person) → canuto/a, dai capelli bianchi; (ancient) → vetusto/a
it's a hoary old joke → è una barzelletta vecchia

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hoary [ˈhɔːrɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (liter) (hair) → bianco/a; (person) → canuto/a, dai capelli bianchi; (ancient) → vetusto/a
it's a hoary old joke → è una barzelletta vecchia