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hoar definition

hoar (hôr)

adjective

  1. hoary
  2. Obsolete moldy; stale

Etymology: ME hore < OE har, akin to Ger hehr, venerable < IE base *ei-, term for dark colors, gray, brown > hue, ON harr, gray, old, Pol szary, gray

noun

  1. hoariness
  2. hoarfrost

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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