Hoary - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈhɔːrɪ|
Brit.
|ˈhɔːrɪ|
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 downExtra examples
He bowed his hoary head.
Not that hoary old chestnut (=old idea, joke, remark etc) again.
Word forms
adjective
comparative: hoarier
superlative: hoariest
comparative: hoarier
superlative: hoariest
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