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hoary

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hoar⋅y

  [hawr-ee, hohr-ee]
–adjective, hoar⋅i⋅er, hoar⋅i⋅est.
1. gray or white with age: an old dog with a hoary muzzle.
2. ancient or venerable: hoary myths.
3. tedious from familiarity; stale: Please don't tell that hoary joke at dinner again tonight.
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Origin:
1520–30; hoar + -y 1

Related forms:
hoar⋅i⋅ly, adverb
hoar⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. grizzled, grizzly; hoar. 2. old, dated, aged; venerated, revered.
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hoar·y   (hôr'ē, hōr'ē)   
adj.   hoar·i·er, hoar·i·est

  1. Gray or white with or as if with age.

  2. Covered with grayish hair or pubescence: hoary leaves.

  3. So old as to inspire veneration; ancient.

hoar'i·ly adv., hoar'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

hoary 
1520, "grey or white with age" (of hair), 1609 as "venerable, ancient." See hoar.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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