hoariness
/ˈhɔrɪnəs/
noun
- The state of being gray or white with age, especially of hair.
- The old man's hoariness gave him a distinguished look.
- The portrait captured the hoariness of the ancient scholar's beard.
- Her hoariness was a sign of the many years she had lived.
- The quality of being very old or ancient.
- The hoariness of the manuscript made it fragile to handle.
- The hoariness of the ruins amazed the archaeologists.
- There is a certain hoariness to the traditions of that village.
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