hoary C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈhɔri/ UK /ˈhɔːri/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj grayish-white with age; ancient and overfamiliar He repeated the same hoary joke at every dinner. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · grayish-white with age;... graygrizzledwhitevenerableancientagedhackneyedtrite ↔ Opposites youngfreshnovelnew Word family Derived forms hoariness Related forms hoarhoarfrost Etymology AI details From hoar (Old English hār 'gray, hoary, venerable', from Proto-Germanic *hairaz) + the adjectival suffix -y. hār osx *hairaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # hoary **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈhɔri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhɔːri/ ## Meanings 1. grayish-white with age; ancient and overfamiliar ## Examples - He repeated the same hoary joke at every dinner. ## Synonyms - gray - grizzled - white - venerable - ancient - aged - hackneyed - trite ## Antonyms - young - fresh - novel - new ## Derived Forms - hoariness ## Related Forms - hoar - hoarfrost ## Roots and Affixes - Root: hār - Root: *hairaz ## Etymology From hoar (Old English hār 'gray, hoary, venerable', from Proto-Germanic *hairaz) + the adjectival suffix -y. ## AI Etymology Hoary comes from hoar (Old English hār 'gray, hoary, venerable', from Proto-Germanic *hairaz) + the adjectival suffix -y. The historical trail runs through Old English hār and Proto-Germanic *hairaz. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means grayish-white with age; ancient and overfamiliar. Derived formations include hoariness; related forms include hoar, hoarfrost. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown