You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
(adjective) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; “the old woman’s shriveled skin”; “he looked shriveled and ill”; “a shrunken old man”; “a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws”-W.F.Starkie; “he did well despite his withered arm”; “a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wizen (comparative more wizen, superlative most wizen)
wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
wizen (third-person singular simple present wizens, present participle wizening, simple past and past participle wizened)
(ambitransitive) To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness.
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Source: Wiktionary
Wiz"en, v. i. Etym: [OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian to decay, OHG. wesan to grow dry, G. verwesen to rot, Icel. visna to wither, Sw. vissna, Dan. visne, and probably to L. virus an offensive odor, poison. Cf. Virus.]
Definition: To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Wiz"en, a.
Definition: Wizened; thin; weazen; withered. A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. Dickens.
Wiz"en, n.
Definition: The weasand. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.