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canities

/kəˈnɪʃiiːz/

canities noun: the condition of having gray hair.

Noun

canities (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) The condition of having gray hair.
    • Voigtel mentions the occurrence of canities almost suddenly.1896, George M. Gould, Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

canities meaning in Tamil

canities in Tamil

தலைமுடி நரை, முடிநரைத்தல், வாய்ப்புண், அரிப்பு எரிப்பு உடைய அழிசீக்கட்டு, பழமர நோய்வகை, குதிரைகள் காலில் தோன்றும் வீக்கம்

Origin of canities

From Latin cānitiēs (“gray hair, old age”).

Questions about canities

What does canities mean?
Canities means the condition of having gray hair.
What is canities in Tamil?
Canities in Tamil is தலைமுடி நரை, முடிநரைத்தல், வாய்ப்புண். See Canities meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is canities?
Canities is a noun.
How do you pronounce canities?
Canities is pronounced /kəˈnɪʃiiːz/.

Words near canities in the dictionary

  1. canisterizes
  2. canisterizing
  3. canisterlike
  4. canisters
  5. canite
  6. canities
  7. canitrail
  8. canivorous
  9. Canizalez
  10. Canizalezes
  11. canjar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: canities (page history and authors); canities (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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