Gray-headed (Adjective)
Meaning
Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The gray-headed professor lectured with a wisdom that only comes with age and experience.
- Her mother, now a gray-headed matriarch, had spent decades perfecting the traditional family recipe.
- Many were surprised by the young mayor's appointment of a gray-headed veteran as her chief advisor.
- The village elder, a gray-headed wise woman, was sought out for her guidance by all who knew her.
- Having been active in politics for decades, the gray-headed senator was widely respected for his integrity and statesmanship.