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5 lettersPronunciation /hɔː.ɹi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ahoryStarts with HEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. covered with fine whitish hairs or down

Word origin

Possibly from Middle English *hori (suggested by horilocket (“hoary-locked, having hoary locks or curls”)), equivalent to hoar + -y. Alternatively, Middle English horilocket may represent Middle English hor (“hoar, hoary”) + ilocket (“locked”) rather than hori (“hoary”) + locket (“locked”).

Used in a sentence

  • As hoary frost with spangles doth attire, The mossy braunches of an oke halfe ded,
  • But hoary Winter, unadorn'd and bare, Dwells in the dire Retreat, and freezes there.
  • The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.

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