wizened
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈwɪzənd/ / /ˈwaɪzənd/
adj
Etymology: From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna.
- Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
“"Ill-fard, crazy, crack-brained gowk, that she is!" exclaimed the housekeeper. . . "If it hadna been that I am mair than half a gentlewoman by my station, I wad hae tried my ten nails in the wizen'd hide o' her!"”
“He was old, too, wizened with age, and the hair on his face was gray.”
verb
Etymology: From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna.
- simple past and past participle of wizen