Weazen
//ˈwiːzən// adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An old person.
"Marry, come up, say I — what a plague — does an old weazen think that tender lasses are to be bought like pullets o' a market day?"
Adjective
- 1 Thin; sharp; withered; wizened.
"It was not merely that they were weazen and shrivelled—though they were certainly that too—but they looked absolutely ferocious with discontent."
Example
More examples"Marry, come up, say I — what a plague — does an old weazen think that tender lasses are to be bought like pullets o' a market day?"
Etymology
See wizen.
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