greyheaded

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English

Etymology

From grey +‎ headed.

Adjective

greyheaded (comparative more greyheaded, superlative most greyheaded)

  1. Alternative form of grayheaded.
    • 1904, H. G. Wells, The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, Book I, Chapter I, §I:
      To witness some queer, shy, misshapen, greyheaded, self-important, little discoverer of great discoveries, ridiculously adorned with the wide ribbon of some order of chivalry and holding a reception of his fellow-men,