terça-feira, 11 de dezembro de 2012

Word of the day: Hoar


Hoar: brancura, velhice, antiguidade, geada, branco (cabelo), grisalho, coberto de geada, antigo,respeitável, venerável
Synonyms: aged, age-old, antediluvian, antique, dateless, ancient, hoary, immemorial, old, venerable, frost, hoarfrost, rime
“…the hoar-covered meadow gleamed in the early-morning sun…” (www.merriam-webster.com)
“He found a layer of hoar just above the ice virtually everywhere he dug.”
NEW SCIENTIST (1998)
“Sedums take on a rare beauty when edged with hoar frost.”
TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES (2002)

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