Definition of hoary

"hoary" in the adjective sense

1. grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired

showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

"whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge

"nodded his hoary head"

2. hoary, rusty

ancient

"hoary jokes"

3. canescent, hoary

covered with fine whitish hairs or down

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Quotations for hoary

Reason the hoary dotard's dull directress,
That loses all, because she hazards nothing;
Reason! the timorous pilot, that, to shun
The rocks of life, forever flies the port. [ Dr. Johnson ]

The eastern hanging crescent climbeth higher;
See, purple on the azure softly steals.
And Morning, faintly touched with quivering fire
Leans on the frosty summits of the hills,
Like a young girl over her hoary sire. [ Roscoe ]

Rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man. [ Bible ]

Loose his beard and hoary hair streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air. [ Gray ]

The hoary head is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of righteousness. [ Bible ]

The seasons alter; hoary-headed frosts fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose. [ William Shakespeare ]

Great was the respect paid of old to the hoary head, and great the honour to the wrinkles of age. [ Ovid ]

There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection. [ Burke ]

Tomorrow! - it is a period nowhere to be found in all the hoary registers of time, unless perchance in the fool's calendar. [ Colton ]

Imagination is not thought, neither is fancy reflection; thought paceth like a hoary sage, but imagination hath wings as an eagle. [ Tupper ]

hoary in Scrabble®

The word hoary is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters hoary:

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hoary in Words With Friends™

The word hoary is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words within the letters of hoary

2 letter words in hoary (7 words)

3 letter words in hoary (6 words)

4 letter words in hoary (2 words)

5 letter words in hoary (1 word)

hoary + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence hoary

Words that start with hoary (1 word)

Words with hoary in them (1 word)

Words that end with hoary (1 word)

Word Growth involving hoary

Shorter words in hoary

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Longer words containing hoary

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