wizened

  • 21wizened — [ wɪz(ə)nd] adjective shrivelled or wrinkled with age. Origin C16: past participle of archaic wizen shrivel , of Gmc origin …

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  • 22wizened — a. Dried, shrivelled, shrunken, thin, sharp, lean, weazen …

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  • 23wizened — adj withered, shriveled, shrunken, wrinkled, dried up, dry, sere; wilted, faded, wasted; desiccated, dehydrated …

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  • 24wizened — wiz·ened …

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  • 25wizened — [ˈwɪz(ə)nd] adj old and with a lot of WRINKLES (= lines on the skin) …

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  • 26wizened — /ˈwɪzənd / (say wizuhnd) adjective dried up; withered; shrivelled …

  • 27wizened — adj. (also wizen) (of a person or face etc.) shrivelled looking. Etymology: past part. of wizen shrivel f. OE wisnian f. Gmc …

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  • 28wizen — I. verb (wizened; wizening) Etymology: Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian; akin to Old High German wesanēn to wither, Lithuanian vysti Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a… …

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  • 29wither — wither, shrivel, wizen mean to lose or cause to lose freshness and smoothness of appearance. Wither implies a loss of vital moisture (as sap or body fluids) with consequent fading or drying up and ultimate decay or death {withered leaves}… …

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  • 30dried-up — adjective 1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture dried up grass the desert was edged with sere vegetation shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings withered vines • Syn: ↑sere, ↑sear, ↑shriveled, ↑ …

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