hoary-headed

[ hawr-ee-hed-id, hohr- ]

adjective

1. having the gray or white hair of advanced age.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hoary-headed¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

So that no comparison can be dawn between these and the hoary headed patriarch Elbruz, or Kasbek, which exceeds 18,000 feet.

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Are there not hoary-headed midshipmen, antique ensigns growing mouldy upon fifty years' half-pay?

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A hoary-headed man might have seen the whole of their imperial sway.

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But suppose the hoary-headed gentleman should apply to the legislature to rebuild it, would they do so?

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The hoary-headed pontiff, with one foot in the grave, affected the character of great honesty and impartiality.

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