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Hoary

  1. adjective

    showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; -Coleridge

    “whose beard with age is hoar”

    Similar: grey, gray, grizzly, hoar

  2. adjective

    covered with fine whitish hairs or down

    Similar: canescent

  3. adjective

    ancient

    “hoary jokes”

    Similar: rusty

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