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Hoary
ˈhɔːri
Hoary definitions
adjective
hoarier
hoariest
hoary
- greyish white
"hoary cobwebs"
- (of a person) old and having grey or white hair
"a hoary old fellow with a face of white stubble"
- used in names of animals and plants covered with whitish fur or short hairs, e.g. hoary bat, hoary cress
- overused and unoriginal; trite
"the hoary old adage often used by Fleet Street editors"
trite hackneyed clichéd banal platitudinous vapid ordinary commonplace common stock conventional stereotyped predictable overused overdone overworked stale worn out time-worn tired threadbare hack unimaginative unoriginal derivative uninspired prosaic routine pedestrian run-of-the-mill