HOARINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)