单词 | hoarhead |
释义 | hoarheadn. A hoary head; hence, an old grey-haired man. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [noun] > grey, hoary > person having hoarOE hoarhead1382 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1382 |
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