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hoariness

Other forms: hoarinesses

Definitions of hoariness
  1. noun
    great age (especially grey or white with age)
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    type of:
    oldness
    the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
  2. noun
    a silvery-white color
    synonyms: frostiness
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    type of:
    white, whiteness
    the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
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