hoared

H4O1A1R1E1D2
/hɔː(ɹ)d/

adjective

moldy; musty

Scrabble 10

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adjectivehoared (comparative more hoared, superlative most hoared)

comparative more hoared · superlative most hoared

  1. obsoletemoldy; musty

    hoared headed frosts

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]
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    […] they played wilily, and went and sent ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their Asses, and wine bottles old and rent and knit together again, and old clouted shoes upon their feet, and old raiment upon them and all their provision of bread was dried up and hoared.

    1963, Bible (New American Standard), Joshua 9:5

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Chicago

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