hoary meaning and definition

HOARY adjective

Definition of hoary (adjective)

1. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
   • "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
   • synonyms: gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, white-haired
2. ancient
   • "hoary jokes"
   • synonyms: rusty
3. covered with fine whitish hairs or down
   • synonyms: canescent