gray-haired

gray-haired
adjective
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair (Freq. 2)
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"whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge

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nodded his hoary head

Syn:
Similar to: ↑old
Derivationally related forms: ↑hoariness (for: ↑hoary), ↑grizzle (for: ↑grizzly)

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ˌgrey-ˈhaired [grey-haired] (especially BrE) (NAmE usually ˌgray-ˈhaired) adjective
with grey hair

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  • gray-headed — gray haired gray haired gray headed gray headedadj. showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair. Syn: gray, grey, grey haired, grey headed, hoar, hoary. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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