Associations to the word «Wizened»
Wiktionary
WIZENED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of wizen
WIZENED, adjective. Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
Dictionary definition
WIZENED, 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".
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