Associations to the word «Wizen»

Wiktionary

WIZEN, adjective. Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
WIZEN, verb. To wither; to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

Dictionary definition

WIZEN, adjective. Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley