Meaning
2 sensesA white or greyish-white colour.
све́тло-се́рыйsvétlo-séryj
Hoariness; antiquity.
дре́вностьdrévnostʹ, старина́stariná, ве́тхостьvétxostʹ
- ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
Examples
2 sentencesThe grass was silvered with hoar-frost and in the wood across the stream a bird was singing.
Senator Hoar spoke strongly against the treaty.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from ProtoFrom 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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