hoary-headed

[ hawr-ee-hed-id, hohr- ]

/ ˈhɔr iˈhɛd ɪd, ˈhoʊr- /

having the gray or white hair of advanced age.

Origin of hoary-headed

First recorded in 1590–1600

hoarse, hoarsen, hoary, hoary cress, hoary marmot, hoary-headed, hoast, hoatching, hoatzin, hoax, hob

I can fancy the hoary-headed villain gloating hideously over us now.

Sword and Gown |George A. Lawrence
And when the hoary-headed bird rose, a golden eagle, larger and more powerful, began to contest with him for the prey.

Tales of Fishes |Zane Grey
Afterward the thought occurred to him of "the hoary-headed swain" and the "Epitaph."

Nineteenth Century Questions |James Freeman Clarke
Tell me, Bertha, what did that hoary-headed Roman, when his daughter—like you— how can I speak it!

Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy |Friedrich Schiller

And the hoary-headed man, and his wife, and his daughter were sorrowful.

The Mabinogion |Lady Charlotte Guest