hoar
/hoɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.25 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A white or greyish-white colour.
adj
Of a white or greyish-white colour.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "His grants are engrafted on the public law of Europe, covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages."
- "So forth they rowèd; and that ferryman / With his stiff oars did brush the sea so strong, / That the hoar waters from his frigate ran, / And the light bubbles danced all along. / Whiles the salt brine out of the billows sprong."
- "old trees with trunks all hoar"
- "Bright fell the moonlight on pillar and court and shattered wall, hiding all their rents and imperfections in its silver garment, and clothing their hoar majesty with the peculiar glory of the night."
- "And lo, where rapt in beauty's heavenly dream Hoar Plato walks his olived Academe."
- "This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms."
Etymology
From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-West Germanic *hair, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”), Herr (“sir, gentleman”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), and Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hoɹ/
- British English: /hɔː/