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adj very cold

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Word Origin & History

Old English har "hoary, gray, venerable, old," the connecting notion being gray hair, from Proto-Germanic *haira (cf. Old Norse harr "gray-haired, old," Old Saxon, Old High German her "distinguished, noble, glorious," German hehr), from PIE *kei-, source of color adjectives (see hue (n.1)). German also uses the word as a title of respect, in Herr. Of frost, it is recorded in Old English, perhaps expressing the resemblance of the white feathers of frost to an old man's beard. Used as an attribute of boundary stones in Anglo-Saxon, perhaps in reference to being gray with lichens, hence its appearance in place-names.

Example Sentences for hoar

At Amherst a large gathering of students listened to Senator Hoar.

How eagerly I now would pierce The gulf that groweth wild and hoar!

"All right, all right—not at all—not at all—" He ran on, joining the hoar and shouting wave.

He did this in common with all the world, including Hoar himself.

Among others they quarrelled with Hoar, and drove him from office.

As an epithet applied to the hair we often find Hoar; cf. Horlock.

Senator Hoar, in a speech on January 9, 1899, put the issue squarely.

The sun had just set as we took to flight; the hoar frost fell.

Mr. Hoar: They would find room in some other committee-room.

Mr. Hoar: If the senator will pardon me, however, he has not answered my question.

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frosty

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frosty