hoary
adjective/ˈhɔːri/
/ˈhɔːri/
[usually before noun]- (old-fashioned) very old and well known and therefore no longer interesting
- a hoary old joke
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- (literary) (especially of hair) grey or white because a person is old
- His hair was a hoary white.
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