Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗White, whitish, or greyish-white. · White or grey with age. · Of a pale silvery grey. · Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs.
Possibly from Middle English *hori (suggested by horilocket (“hoary-locked, having hoary locks or curls”)), equivalent to hoar + -y. Alternatively, Middle English horilocket may represent Middle English hor (“hoar, hoary”) + ilocket (“locked”) rather than hori (“hoary”) + locket (“locked”).
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- Inherited-form mention*horienm
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