hoary
Because it is a word with a single syllable, hoary is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofhoary
- White, whitish, or greyish-white.
- White or grey with age.
Example: "The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence."
- Of a pale silvery grey.
- Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs; canescent.
- Remote in time past.
- Moldy; mossy; musty.
- Old or old-fashioned.
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