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HOARINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Great age (especially grey or white with age)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hoariness" is a kind of...):
oldness (the quality of being old; the opposite of newness)
Derivation:
hoary (showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A silvery-white color
Synonyms:
frostiness; hoariness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hoariness" is a kind of...):
white; whiteness (the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black))
Derivation:
hoary (showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair)
