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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
wiz·ened       [wiz-uhnd; wee-zuhnd] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
withered; shriveled: a wizened old man; wizened features.

[Origin: 1505–15; wizen + -ed2]
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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

adjective
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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