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hoary
[ hawr-ee, hohr-ee ]
adjective
- gray or white with age:
an old dog with a hoary muzzle.
Synonyms: , ,
- ancient or venerable:
hoary myths.
Synonyms: , , ,
- tedious from familiarity; stale:
Please don't tell that hoary joke at dinner again tonight.
hoary
/ ˈɔːɪ /
adjective
- having grey or white hair
- white or whitish-grey in colour
- ancient or venerable
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԱ, noun
- ˈDz, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dzi· adverb
- Dzi·Ա noun
- ܲ·Dzy adjective
Example Sentences
At its foundation, the movie is a hoary cliché with quirk spackled on it.
The company of performers assembled to perform this hoary property consists of has-beens, wannabes, klutzes and martyred veterans.
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.
It wasn’t; it was a hoary old chestnut that had already proved its inadequacy.
For this reason, they may not recognize that Trump is resurrecting a different and hoary form of Jew-hatred.
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