hoar

Meaning

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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