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hoarness

hoarness noun: the quality of being hoar.

Noun

hoarness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being hoar.
    • To mark this absolutism of change over the works of man is both pleasing and profitable, for what is more emotional than to observe the hoarness, the mellowness, and the natural final decay of objects whose beginnings date almost from the immemorial […] ?1871, The Antiquary, volumes 1-2, page 13

Origin of hoarness

From hoar + -ness.

Questions about hoarness

What does hoarness mean?
Hoarness means the quality of being hoar.
What part of speech is hoarness?
Hoarness is a noun.

Words near hoarness in the dictionary

  1. hoariness
  2. hoarinesses
  3. hoaring
  4. hoarish
  5. hoark
  6. hoarness
  7. hoars
  8. hoarse
  9. hoarse as a crow
  10. hoarsed
  11. hoarsely

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