hoary
11hoary — hoar|y [ˈho:ri] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: hoar; HOARFROST] 1.) [usually before noun] a hoary joke, remark etc is so well known that people no longer find it amusing or interesting ▪ Not that hoary old chestnut (=old idea, joke, remark etc)… …
12hoary — hoar|y [ hɔri ] adjective 1. ) a hoary joke has been told many times before and is no longer funny 2. ) LITERARY a hoary person is old and has white hair …
13hoary — [[t]hɔ͟ːri[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe a problem or subject as hoary, you mean that it is old and familiar. ...the hoary old myth that women are unpredictable …
14hoary — adjective 1) hoary cobwebs Syn: grayish white, gray, white, snowy, silver, silvery; frosty; literary rimy 2) a hoary old man Syn: gray haired, white haired, silver haired, grizzled; …
15hoary — hoar•y [[t]ˈhɔr i, ˈhoʊr i[/t]] adj. hoar•i•er, hoar•i•est 1) gray or white with age 2) ancient or venerable: hoary myths[/ex] 3) tedious from familiarity; stale: a hoary joke[/ex] • Etymology: 1520–30 hoar′i•ness, n …
16hoary — adjective (hoarier; est) Date: 1530 1. gray or white with or as if with age 2. extremely old ; ancient < hoary legends > • hoariness noun …
17hoary — adj. (hoarier, hoariest) 1 a (of hair) grey or white with age. b having such hair; aged. 2 old and trite (a hoary joke). 3 Bot. & Zool. covered with short white hairs. Derivatives: hoarily adv. hoariness n …
18Hoary marmot — Conservation status Least Concern ( …
19Hoary bat — Hoary Hoar y, a. 1. White or whitish. The hoary willows. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs. [1913 Webster] Reverence the hoary head. Dr. T. Dwight. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary… …
20Hoary Comma — Conservation status Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification …
