WIZENED


Meaning of WIZENED in English

/ ˈwɪznd; NAmE / adjective

looking smaller and having many folds and lines in the skin, because of being old

SYN shrivelled :

a wizened little man

wizened apples

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent.: past participle of archaic wizen shrivel , of Germanic origin.

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