hoary
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hoary (comparative hoarier, superlative hoariest)
- white or gray with age
- The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.
- 1787, John Rippon, "How Firm a Foundation":
- And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
- Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
- (zoology) of a pale silvery gray.
- (botany) covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent
- (obsolete) remote in time past
- (obsolete) moldy; mossy; musty
- old, or old-fashioned
- 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”:
- In its God-like prime, The Simpsons attacked well-worn satirical fodder from unexpected angles, finding fresh laughs in the hoariest of subjects.
- 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”: