单词 | hoary-pubescent |
释义 | > as lemmashoary-pubescent C2. With another adjective, as hoary-pubescent, etc. ΚΠ 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor v. i. sig. K3 This hoary headed letcher, this olde goate. View more context for this quotation 1771 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) V. 61 When he is old and hoary-haired. 1797 T. Park Sonnets 8 Classic Eton's hoary-vested towers. 1831 G. Don Gardener's Dict. I. xvii Hoary-pubescent, covered with white down which is pressed to the surface. 1831 G. Don Gardener's Dict. I. xvii Hoary-villous, covered with white villi. 1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 53 Leaves hoary-white beneath. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 16 There musing sat the hoary-headed Earl. 1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 11 A hoary-dated Patriarch pedigree. < as lemmas |
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