Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

white-haired

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: white-haired
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having white hair; especially, of a person, from old age.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: grizzly, silver-haired; see also Thesaurus:grey-haired"
"The white-haired king took the tidings with calm, believing that he must have in some fashion broken a law without knowing."

Etymology

From Middle English white-heered, white-harid, white-herede, whyte-harede, white hared, equivalent to white + haired. Compare Old Norse hvít-hárr and hvít-hærðr (“white-haired”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: white-heered

Inflected Forms

whitehaired (alternative)

Phrases

grey-haired silver-haired silvery-haired

Frequently Paired Words

grey-haired grizzled grizzly silver-haired silvery-haired

Synonyms

hoary elder elderly geriatric gerontologic gerontological long in the tooth matured of a certain age old as Methuselah on in years over the hill

Questions

What does white-haired mean?: Having white hair; especially, of a person, from old age.
Where does white-haired come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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