Dictionary

white-haired en · ADJ

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”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having white hair; especially, of a person, from old age.
   • 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. 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:

Forms

Relateds

grizzly · silver-haired · grizzled · silvery-haired · grey-haired

Synonyms

elderly · silvery-haired · of a certain age · wintry · senior · grizzly · geriatric · gerontologic · old as Methuselah · long in the tooth · elder · over the hill · ivy-covered · mouldy · gerontological · grizzly · hoary · gray / grey · grisly · grizzled · superannuated · on in years · matured · grey-haired / gray-haired · silver-haired · preserved · gray-headed / grey-headed · hoary · white-haired · silver-haired

Translations (32)

nb hvithåret (having white hair) · ko 백발(白髪)의 (having white hair) · ja 白髪の (having white hair) · hu fehér/ősz hajú (having white hair) · nb hvithåra (having white hair) · pt grisalho (having white hair) · grc λευκόθριξ (having white hair) · ga bánfholtach (having white hair) · ar أَشْيَب (having white hair) · nb kvithåra (having white hair) · ga fionngheal (having white hair) · ga ceannbhán (having white hair) · ca cabellblanc (having white hair) · pl białowłosy (having white hair) · es peliblanco (having white hair) · ga fionn (having white hair) · gl cano (having white hair) · sv vithårig (having white hair) · fi valkotukkainen (having white hair) · fi valkohapsinen (having white hair) · ca pèl-blanc (having white hair) · fr chenu (having white hair) · da hvidhåret (having white hair) · mk бе́локос (having white hair) · ga ceanngheal (having white hair) · ga bán (having white hair) · unm òpalhùkwe (having white hair) · nn kvithåra (having white hair) · nb kvithåret (having white hair) · de weißhaarig (having white hair) · pt cão (having white hair) · az ağbaş (having white hair)