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单词 hoarhead
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hoarheadn.

Etymology: < hoar adj. + head n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhoarhead.
A hoary head; hence, an old grey-haired man. Also attributive.
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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > grey, hoary > person having
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grizzle1390
greya1413
hasard1513
greyhead1535
oldgrey1582
grizzle-pate1797
iron-grey1822
grisard1880
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xix. 32 Before the hoor heed aryse.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Lev. xix. 32 Thou shalt rise vp before the horehed.
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 195 I do not beleue, that the wisedome lyeth in horeheades, but in olde bookes.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 113 The hoarhead winter paving earth With sheeny white.
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