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   Hoar·y

   /ˈhôrē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. grayish white: "hoary cobwebs" Similar grayish whitegraywhitesilversilveryfrost-coveredfrostyrimy
   • ▪ (of a person) having gray or white hair; aged: "a hoary old fellow with a face of white stubble" Similar elderlyagedoldgetting onancientvenerablelong in the toothof an advanced ageadvanced in yearsgray-hairedwhite-hairedsilver-hairedsilvery-hairedgrizzledgrizzlyinformal:past itover the hillrare:longevoussenescentOpposite young
   • ▪ used in names of animals and plants covered with whitish fur or short hairs, e.g. hoary bat, hoary cress.
   • 2. old and trite: "that hoary American notion that bigger is better" Similar tritehackneyedclichédbanalplatitudinousvapidordinarycommonplacecommonstockconventionalstereotypedpredictableoverusedoverdoneoverworkedstaleworn outtimeworntiredthreadbarehackunimaginativeunoriginalderivativeuninspiredprosaicroutinepedestrianrun-of-the-millinformal:old hatcornyhackyplayed outcornballdime-storerare:truisticbromidicOpposite original

   Derivatives

   • 1. hoarily adverb
   • 2. hoariness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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