hoarness

H4O1A1R1N1E1S1S1

noun

The quality of being hoar.

Scrabble 11

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nounhoarness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being hoar.

    To mark this absolutism of change over the works of man is both pleasing and profitable, for what is more emotional than to observe the hoarness, the mellowness, and the natural final decay of objects whose beginnings date almost from the immemorial […] ?

    1871, The Antiquary, volumes 1-2, page 13

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hoarness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarness

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“hoarness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoarness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarness.

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