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Wizen   /wˈaɪzən/   Listen
Wizen

adjective
1.
Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.  Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizened.  "He looked shriveled and ill" , "A shrunken old man" , "A lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws" , "He did well despite his withered arm" , "A wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"






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"Wizen" Quotes from Famous Books



... directly toward me, I was about to venture a response on my own account, when my attention, as well as theirs, was freshly attracted by a loud "Whoa!" at the gate, followed by the hasty but assured entrance of a dapper, wizen, but perfectly preserved little old gentleman with a bag in his hand. Looking askance with eyes that were like two beads, first at the two men who were now elbowing each other for the best place before the fire, and then at the revolting figure in the chair, he ...
— The House in the Mist • Anna Katharine Green



Words linked to "Wizen" :   thin, shriveled, lean



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