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hoary

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Adjective

covered with fine whitish hairs or down

ancient
- hoary jokes

showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- whose beard with age is hoar-Coleridge
- nodded his hoary head

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Synonyms:
canescent rusty

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