Hoariness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. . The state of being hoary, whitish, or gray: as, the hoariness of age.
  • noun. Moldiness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being hoary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The characteristic of being hoary.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. great age (especially grey or white with age)
  • noun. a silvery-white color
  • Word Usage
    "Then he considered his beard and, seeing that the white hairs in it covered the black, bethought himself that hoariness is the harbinger of death."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    oldness  white  whiteness