hoar

[ hawr, hohr ]
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noun
  1. hoarfrost; rime.

  2. a hoary coating or appearance.

adjective

Origin of hoar

1
before 900; Middle English hor,Old English hār; cognate with Old Norse hārr gray with age, Old Frisian hēr gray, Old High German hēr old (German hehr august, sublime)

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How to use hoar in a sentence

  • If the hoar frost of the morning melt on the wool, be sure there is an unnatural heat somewhere.

    Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan Meyer

British Dictionary definitions for hoar

hoar

/ (hɔː) /


noun
  1. short for hoarfrost

adjective
  1. rare covered with hoarfrost

  2. archaic a poetic variant of hoary

Origin of hoar

1
Old English hār; related to Old Norse hārr, Old High German hēr, Old Slavonic sěrǔ grey

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