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wiz⋅ened

[wiz-uhnd; wee-zuhnd]
–adjective
withered; shriveled: a wizened old man; wizened features.

Origin:
1505–15; wizen + -ed 2

wiz⋅en

[wiz-uhn; wee-zuhn] British Dialect
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1. to wither; shrivel; dry up.
–adjective
2. wizened.

Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME wisenen, OE wisnian; c. ON visna to wither; (adj.) shortened form of wizened
wiz·en   (wĭz'ən)   
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.]
wiz·ened   (wĭz'ənd)   
adj.  Withered; wizen.

Wizened

Wiz"ened\, a. Dried; shriveled; withered; shrunken; weazen; as, a wizened old man.
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