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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hoary/ˈhɔːri/

▶adjective (hoarier, hoariest)

1 greyish white.
■ having grey hair; aged.

2 overused and trite.

– derivatives
hoarily adverb,
hoariness noun.

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