hoariest See {hoary} hoary adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" [syn: {gray}, {grey}, {gray-haired}, {grey-haired}, {gray-headed}, {grey-headed}, {grizzly}, {hoar}, {white-haired}] 2: ancient; "hoary jokes" [syn: {rusty}] 3: covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: {canescent}] [also: {hoariest}, {hoarier}]