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hoary

[ hawr-ee, hohr-ee ]

adjective

hoarier, hoariest.
  1. gray or white with age:

    an old dog with a hoary muzzle.

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  2. ancient or venerable:

    hoary myths.

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  3. tedious from familiarity; stale:

    Please don't tell that hoary joke at dinner again tonight.



hoary

/ ˈɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. having grey or white hair
  2. white or whitish-grey in colour
  3. ancient or venerable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԱ, noun
  • ˈDz, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Dzi· adverb
  • Dzi·Ա noun
  • ܲ·Dzy adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hoary1

First recorded in 1520–30; hoar + -y 1
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At its foundation, the movie is a hoary cliché with quirk spackled on it.

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The company of performers assembled to perform this hoary property consists of has-beens, wannabes, klutzes and martyred veterans.

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These field exposure estimates informed subsequent studies on the impact of such exposure on hibernating bumble bee queens and the hoary squash bee, a solitary ground-nesting species.

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It wasn’t; it was a hoary old chestnut that had already proved its inadequacy.

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For this reason, they may not recognize that Trump is resurrecting a different and hoary form of Jew-hatred.

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