hoary

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hɔː.ɹi/
• (US) IPA: /hɔɹ.i/
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• Rhymes: -ɔːri

[edit] Adjective

hoary (comparative hoarier, superlative hoariest)

1. white or gray with age

   the old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence

2. (zoology) of a pale silvery gray.
3. (botany) covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent
4. (obsolete) remote in time past
5. (obsolete) moldy; mossy; musty

[edit] Quotations

• 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.

[edit] Related terms

• hoar

[edit] Derived terms

• hoarily
• hoariness