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HOARINESS
hoariness
(noun) great age (especially grey or white with age)
frostiness, hoariness
(noun) a silvery-white color
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hoariness (usually uncountable, plural hoarinesses)
The characteristic of being hoary.
Synonyms
• (greyishness): grayishness, greyishness
• (mouldiness): mouldiness, mossiness, mustiness
• (oldness): ancientness, hoar, oldhood; see also oldness
Source: Wiktionary
Hoar"i*ness, n. Etym: [From Hoary.]
Definition: The state of being hoary. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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