hoary

adjective (hoarier, hoariest)

• 1grayish white:hoary cobwebs
• (of a person) having gray or white hair; aged:a hoary old fellow with a face of white stubble
• [attributive] used in names of animals and plants covered with whitish fur or short hairs, e.g., hoary bat, hoary cress.

• 2old and trite:that hoary American notion that bigger is better