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

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.