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adjective
- 1. shrivelled or wrinkled with age: "a wizened, weather-beaten old man"
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WIZENED definition: 1. small and having dry skin with lines in it, especially because of old age: 2. small and having…. Learn more.
adjective. : that is wizened. Examples of wizen in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Verb. The Keogh siblings, wizened by a lifetime of co-existing, are onto something.
The verb wizen has fallen out of usage, but the past participle, wizened, continues to function as an adjective meaning wrinkled and shrunken with age or disease. You will see lots of elderly, wizened faces at the park feeding the birds and watching the children play.
WIZENED meaning: 1. small and having dry skin with lines in it, especially because of old age: 2. small and having…. Learn more.
Wizened definition: withered; shriveled. See examples of WIZENED used in a sentence.
adjective. shrivelled, wrinkled, or dried up, esp with age. Collins English Dictionary.
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).
3 meanings: 1. to make or become shrivelled 2. → a variant of wizened → an archaic word for weasand.... Click for more definitions.
verb. to make or become shrivelled. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. adjective. a variant of wizened.
Definition of wizened adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
