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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