hoar
Meaning
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- A white or greyish-white colour.
- Hoariness; antiquity.
Concepts
hoar
rime
frost
hoary
hoarfrost
grey
gray
gray-headed
grey-headed
grizzly
gray-haired
grey-haired
white-haired
fog
mist
frosted
grayish
greyish white
grizzled
acclaimed
sacred
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”).
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