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hoar

UK/hɔː/ US/hoɹ/ uncommon archaic obsolete
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

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adjective

1.

showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair

  • “whose beard with age is hoar” Coleridge
  • “nodded his hoary head”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • Hoar Cross
  • hoar frost

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