Wizened

//ˈwɪzənd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of wizen form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

    ""Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk, that she is!" exclaimed the housekeeper. . . "If it hadna been that I am mair than half a gentlewoman by my station, I wad hae tried my ten nails in the wizen'd hide o' her!""

Adjective
  1. 1
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
shriveledadustanileatrophiedattenuatedbaked

Example

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"The wizened, old sorcerer took me under his wing and taught me everything he knew about magic."

Etymology

From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna.

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