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Definition of wizen in English English dictionary
- wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen, his eyes dim and colourless, the grace of his figure broken and deformed. The scarlet would pass away from his lips and the gold steal from his hair.
- To wither; to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
- to become or cause to become withered or dry
- The weasand
- To wither; to dry
- Wizened; thin; weazen; withered
- 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"
- {f} wither, wilt; make wither, make wilt
- {s} hard and dry and shriveled; withered
- wizen-faced
- having a shriveled face
- wizen-faced
- {s} having a dry and shriveled face; that has a withered face
- wizened
- 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"
- wizened
- withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
- wizened
- {s} withered; shriveled; shrunken
- wizened
- Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man
- wizened
- A wizened person is old and has a lot of lines on their skin. a little wizened old fellow with no teeth. a wizened person, fruit etc is small and thin and has skin with a lot of lines and wrinkles
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Hyphenation
wiz·enTurkish pronunciation
wayzınPronunciation
/ˈwīzən/ /ˈwaɪzən/
Etymology
() Middle English wisenen Old English wisnian.Resimler
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