adjective, hoar·i·er, hoar·i·est. gray or white with age: an old dog with a hoary muzzle. ancient or venerable: hoary myths. tedious from familiarity; stale: Please don't tell that hoary joke at dinner again tonight.

What does the word hoary mean in English?

1 : gray or white with or as if with age bowed his hoary head. 2 : extremely old : ancient hoary legends.

What does hoary mean in this text?

hoary - showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"