WIZEN

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


Etymology

Adjective

wizen (comparative more wizen, superlative most wizen)

wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• winze

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



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