About The Word Wizen
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Wizen
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What's The Definition Of Wizen?
[adj] 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 gray hair"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Wizen: lean | shriveled | shrivelled | shrunken | thin | withered | wizened Related Terms | Find terms related to Wizen: See Also | Wizen In Webster's Dictionary \Wiz"en\, v. i. [OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian
to decay, OHG. wesan?n 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}.]
To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
\Wiz"en\, a. Wizened; thin; weazen; withered. A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. --Dickens. \Wiz"en\, n. The weasand. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] |
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