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wiz·ened 
[wiz-uhnd; wee-zuhnd] Pronunciation Key
[wiz-uhnd; wee-zuhnd] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| withered; shriveled: a wizened old man; wizened features. |
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| wiz·en
(wĭz'ən) Pronunciation Key
v. wiz·ened, wiz·en·ing, wiz·ens v. intr. To dry up; wither or shrivel. v. tr. To cause to wither, shrivel, or dry up. adj. Shriveled or dried up; withered: "There would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen" (Oscar Wilde). [Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian.] |
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| wiz·ened
(wĭz'ənd) Pronunciation Key
adj. Withered; wizen. |
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| wizened | |
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| 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" [syn: shriveled] |
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Wizened
Wiz"ened\, a. Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man.
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