hoaryPronunciation: /ˈhɔːri/Translate hoary | into Italian Definition of hoary adjective (hoarier, hoariest) 1greyish white:hoary cobwebs (of a person) old and having grey or white hair:young lasses imprisoned by hoary old husbands [attributive] used in names of animals and plants covered with whitish fur or short hairs, e.g. hoary bat, hoary cress. 2overused and unoriginal; trite:the hoary old adage often used by Fleet Street editorsDerivatives hoarily adverb hoariness noun hoary in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of hoary in the US English dictionary
