Transcription
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- [hwahyt, wahyt haird]
- /ʰwaɪt, waɪt hɛərd/
- /waɪt -heəd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hwahyt, wahyt haird]
- /ʰwaɪt, waɪt hɛərd/
Definitions of white-haired word
- adjective white-haired having hair that is white. 1
- adjective white-haired white-headed (def 3). 1
- adjective white-haired Someone who is white-haired has white hair, usually because they are old. 0
- adjective white-haired having hair that is silvery or grey, usually from age 0
- adjective white-haired having hair or fur that is white 0
- adjective white-haired having white or very light hair 0
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Origin of white-haired
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at white, hair, -ed3
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Parts of speech for White-haired
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
white-haired popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for white-haired
adj white-haired
- graying — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- hoary — gray or white with age: an old dog with a hoary muzzle.
- long in the tooth — (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
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