hoar

Meaning

Noun

1. A white or greyish-white colour.
2. Hoariness; antiquity.

Adj

1. Of a white or greyish-white colour.
2. Hoarily bearded.
3. (obsolete) Musty; mouldy; stale.
4. Figuratively, grey-haired with age.

Verb

To become mouldy or musty.

Synonyms

frost

rime

hoarfrost

hoary

grey

grey-headed

gray

grizzly

gray-headed

white-haired

grey-haired

gray-haired

mist

fog

🌫️

sacred

acclaimed

greyish white

grizzled

grayish

frosted

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɔː/

Etymology

From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-West Germanic *hair, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”), Herr (“sir, gentleman”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), and Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”).