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hoariness

noun as in antiquity

noun as in whiteness

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noun as in whiteness

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Name from senex, an old man, alluding to the hoariness of many species, or to the white hairs of the pappus.

One feels overcome with hoariness oneself by their mere proximity and silenced by the weight of ages.

She was old—but hers was the sublimity of age without its infirmity, the hoariness of winter without its chillness.

His hair was almost gray and perhaps this hoariness and general sedateness betokened a ripe old age.

He saw the real distinctions of things, the hoariness on the willow leaf.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hoariness, such as: age, ancientness, archaicism, archaism, venerableness, and antiqueness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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