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Definition: Grey-haired |
Grey-hairedAdjective1. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "grey-haired" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Synonyms: Grey-hairedSynonyms: gray (adj), gray-haired (adj), gray-headed (adj), grey (adj), grey-headed (adj), hoar (adj), hoary (adj), white-haired (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Don't tell me: he sends a check every week to his sweet, grey-haired old mother. (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Grey-haired" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Grey-haired" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 87 | 35,390 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "grey-haired"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Finnish | harmaahapsinen. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ey-hairedgray | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | feaxhar, gomelfeax, har. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 46, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | EwV ghrouV egw eimi kai ewV an kataghrashte egw eimi egw anecomai umwn egw epoihsa kai egw anhsw egw analhmyomai kai swsw umaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Usque ad senectam ego ipse et usque ad canos ego portabo ego feci et ego feram et ego portabo et salvabo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Vnto the laste elde I the selue, and vnto the hoere heris I shall bern; I made, and I shal bringe; I shal bern, and I shal saue. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoary hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 46, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Ug bisan hangtud sa kagulangon ako mao siya, ug bisan hangtud nga ang buhok maubanon ako mosagakay kaninyo: gibuhat ko na, ug akong pagasagakayon; oo, ako magadala, ug magaluwas. |
| Croatian | Do starosti vaše ja æu ostat' isti, do vaših sjedina podupirat æu vas. To sam èinio; nosit æu vas i dalje, pomagati vas, izbavljati. |
| Danish | Til Alderdommen er jeg den samme, jeg bærer jer, til Hårene gråner; ret som jeg bar, vil jeg bære, jeg, jeg vil bære og redde. |
| Dutch | En tot den ouderdom toe zal Ik Dezelfde zijn, ja, tot de grijsheid toe zal Ik ulieden dragen; Ik heb het gedaan, en Ik zal u opnemen, en Ik zal dragen en redden. |
| Finnish | Teidän vanhuuteenne asti minä olen sama, hamaan harmaantumiseenne saakka minä kannan; niin minä olen tehnyt, ja vastedeskin minä nostan, minä kannan ja pelastan. |
| French | Jusqu` votre vieillesse je serai le même, Jusqu` votre vieillesse je vous soutiendrai; Je l`ai fait, et je veux encore vous porter, Vous soutenir et vous sauver. |
| German | Ja, ich will euch tragen bis ins Alter und bis ihr grau werdet. Ich will es tun, ich will heben und tragen und erretten. |
| Haitian Creole | M'ap toujou aji konsa ak nou jouk n'a vye granmoun. M'ap toujou soutni nou jouk n'a gen cheve blan. M'a pote nou nan men m' jan m' te toujou fè l' la. M'a pran nou sou kont mwen, m'a delivre nou. |
| Hungarian | Vénségtekig én vagyok az, és megõszüléstekig én visellek; én teremtettem és én hordozom, én viselem és megszabadítom. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Aku tetap Allahmu sampai kamu tua; dan tetap menjaga kamu sampai kamu beruban. Aku menjadikan kamu dan tetap memelihara kamu, Aku akan menolong dan menyelamatkan kamu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sampai kepada masa tuamu Akulah Dia juga, dan pada masa rambutmu putih Aku lagi mendukung kamu. Bahwa Aku sudah membuat dia dan Akupun akan mendukung kamu dan mengangkat kamu dan Akupun akan meluputkan kamu. |
| Maori | Tae noa atu ki to koutou koroheketanga ko ahau tenei, ka pikaua ano koutou e ahau a hina noa; naku i mahi, maku ano e mau, maku ano e pikau, maku ano e whakaora. |
| Norwegian | Like til eders alderdom er jeg den samme, og til I får grå hår, vil jeg bære eder; jeg har gjort det, og jeg vil fremdeles løfte eder, jeg vil bære og redde eder. |
| Portuguese | Até a vossa velhice eu sou o mesmo, e ainda até as cãs eu vos carregarei; eu vos criei, e vos levarei; sim, eu vos carregarei e vos livrarei. |
| Rumanian | pknq la bqtrkneya voastrq Eu voi fi Acelaw, pknq la cqrunteyele voastre vq voi sprijini. V`am purtat, wi tot vreau sq vq mai port, sq vq sprijinesc wi sq vq mkntuiesc. |
| Spanish | Hasta vuestra vejez yo seré el mismo, y hasta las canas yo os sostendré. Yo lo he hecho así, y os seguiré llevando. Yo os sostendré y os libraré. |
| Swedish | Ända till eder ålderdom är jag densamme, och intill dess I varden grå, skall jag bära eder; så har jag hittills gjort, och jag skall också framgent hålla eder uppe, jag skall bära och rädda eder. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-h-i-r-r-y" | |
-3 letters: adherer, hagride, hardier, harried, hayride, headier, hedgier, herried, hydriae, readier, regrade, reheard, rehired. | |
-4 letters: adhere, aeried, aerier, agreed, arider, dearer, dearie, dragee, dreary, dreigh, driegh, edgier, garred, geared, gharri, gharry, girder, grader, grayed, grayer, greedy, greyed, greyer, haired, harder, header, hearer, hedger, hegari, hegira, heired, herder, hydrae, hydria, raider, reader, reared, redear. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-g-h-i-r-r-y" | |
+4 letters: heartrendingly. | |
+5 letters: radiotelegraphy. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 72 65 79 2D 68 61 69 72 65 64 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01110010 01100101 01111001 00101101 01101000 01100001 01101001 01110010 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G r e y - h a i r e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0072 0065 0079 002D 0068 0061 0069 0072 0065 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4184719115746775847170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Bible Trace 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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