hoary

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; -Coleridge
- "nodded his hoary head"
ancient
- "hoary jokes"
covered with fine whitish hairs or down

Adj

White, whitish, or greyish-white.
White or grey with age.
Of a pale silvery grey.
Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs.
Old or old-fashioned; trite.
Remote in time past.
Moldy; mossy; musty.

Origin / Etymology

Possibly from Middle English *hori (suggested by horilocket (“hoary-locked, having hoary locks or curls”)), equivalent to hoar + -y. Alternatively, Middle English horilocket may represent Middle English hor (“hoar, hoary”) + ilocket (“locked”) rather than hori (“hoary”) + locket (“locked”).

Synonyms

albescent, bygone, canescent, elder, elderly, foregone, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological, gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, griseous, grizzled, grizzly, hoar, ivy-covered, long in the tooth, matured, moss-covered, of a certain age, old as Methuselah, on in years, over the hill, preserved, rusty, senior, silver-haired, superannuated, white-haired, whity, wintry

Scrabble Score: 11

hoary is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hoary is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hoary is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

hoary is a valid Words With Friends word