See Also: Hoary(medicine)
hoary(dictionary)
hoary(dictionary)

ellagic (iou) and hoary (iou)


ellagic (iou)



ellagic adjective. E19.
[French ellagique, from anagram of galle gall-nut (gallique GALLIC adjective2 being already in use): see -IC.]
ellagic acid, a tetracyclic phenolic compound, C14H6O8, found in oak-bark and galls and in bezoars and used as a local haemostatic.
ellagi'tannin noun (Chemistry) any tannin that on hydrolysis gives ellagic acid and a sugar L19.

hoary (iou)



hoary adjective. LME.
[from HOAR adjective or noun + -Y1.]
(Of hair) grey or white with age; grey-haired; ancient, venerable. Also, old and trite. LME.
Grey, greyish-white, esp. with frost. L15.
Mouldy, musty. M16-L17.
Botany & Zoology. Covered with short dense white or whitish hairs. L16.
hoary marmot a large stocky greyish-brown marmot, Marmota caligata, of mountains in north-western N. America (also called siffleur, whistler). hoary PUCCOON.
hoariness noun LME.