Definizione monolingua

hoary

hoary (comparative hoarier, superlative hoariest)

1. white or gray with age

   The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.

   • 1787, John Rippon, ""How Firm a Foundation"":

     And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,

     Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.

2. (zoology) of a pale silvery gray.
3. (botany) covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent
4. (obsolete) remote in time past
5. (obsolete) moldy; mossy; musty

Definizione dizionario hoary

canuto

Altri significati:

(botany) covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent

(obsolete) moldy; mossy; musty

(obsolete) remote in time past

(zoology) of a pale silvery gray.