1510s, "gray or white with age" (of hair); c. 1600 as "venerable, ancient;" from hoar + -y (2). Related: Hoariness.
nodded his hoary head
hoary jokes
hoard
hoarder
hoarding
hoarfrost
hoarse
hoary
hoax
Hob
hob
Hobbesian
Hobbit
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