adjective · rare

hoar

седой, светло-серый, седовласый

Of a white or greyish-white colourOf a white or greyish-white colour.

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UK/hɔː/US/hoɹ/

» The grass was silvered with hoar-frost and in the wood across the stream a bird was singing.

Meaning

4 senses

(not comparable)Of a white or greyish-white colour.
све́тло-се́рыйsvétlo-séryj, седо́йsedój
(not comparable, poetic)Hoarily bearded.
седо́йsedój, седовла́сыйsedovlásyj
(not comparable, obsolete)Musty; mouldy; stale.
ту́хлыйtúxlyj, за́тхлыйzátxlyj, плесневе́лыйplesnevélyj
(archaic, not comparable)Figuratively, grey or grey-haired with age; ancient, venerable.
ста́рыйstáryj, стари́нныйstarínnyj, дре́внийdrévnij
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

Examples

2 sentences

The grass was silvered with hoar-frost and in the wood across the stream a bird was singing.
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Senator Hoar spoke strongly against the treaty.
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Translations

1 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

of a white or greyish-white colour:

hoarily bearded:

musty, mouldy, stale:

figuratively, grey-haired with age:

Origin

From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto

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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