hoared

English

Etymology

From hoar +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔː(ɹ)d/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
• Homophones: hoard, horde, whored

Adjective

hoared (comparative more hoared, superlative most hoared)

1. (obsolete) moldy; musty
   • 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]:

     hoared headed frosts

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

     […] 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.

Related terms

• hoar
• hoary

Anagrams

• oh dear