Hoary - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhɔːrɪ|  American pronunciation of the word hoary
Brit.  |ˈhɔːrɪ|  British pronunciation of the word hoary

adjective

- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair (syn: gray, grey, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, white-haired)
nodded his hoary head
- ancient (syn: rusty)
hoary jokes
- covered with fine whitish hairs or down

Extra examples

He bowed his hoary head.

Not that hoary old chestnut (=old idea, joke, remark etc) again.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: hoarier
superlative: hoariest
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